USA climate action plan unambitious: CSE

“Our INDCs are comprehensive, ambitious and progressive and reflect all issues of mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity building”.

“We encourage all countries that have not yet done so to submit transparent and ambitious INDCs as soon as possible”, he said.

The trans-disciplinary conference has the following objectives: namely to bring closer the emerging threats of global warming on the resilience of the ecological/environmental/socioeconomic systems to the doorsteps of key stakeholders such as experts, researchers, scientists, engineers, practitioners, industrialists, policy makers, and politicians from India and overseas.

The research stated the fossil gasoline would contribute seventy six per cent of complete main power within the United States, whereas Athe renewable contribution standing at 15 per cent by 2030.

Fifty-one countries joined the ranks against climate change.

To mobilize domestic and new and additional funds from developed countries to implement the above mitigation and adaptation actions in view of the resource required and the resource gap.

The 38-page plan submitted Thursday calls for the country to reduce its rate of carbon emissions relative to GDP (a metric known as carbon intensity) by 33 to 35 percent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.

However, as it submitted its pledge, the country underscored that meeting these goals will be costly, estimating at least $2.5 trillion will be needed between now and 2030. They also promised to provide aggressive reforestation efforts, with enough new trees to absorb up to 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2030. “We are creating almost three billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon sink through major afforestation programmes”. This means in 2025, the per capita emissions of the European Union will be 7.0 tonnes-about half of the US. It has evolved over the years through increasingly stronger commitment at federal level.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday said the climate action plan of the USA was “unambitious and inequitous” as the country was not doing “anything extra” for climate change. The result is the USA will produce and consume 20% more fossil fuels in 2030 than what it does today. After more proud embellishers, the 38-page document gets to its mandate: India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDCs), or its national pledge ahead of global climate talks in Paris in late December.

Greenpeace India has termed the climate targets as “steps in the right direction”.

India plans a fivefold boost in renewable energy capacity in the next five years to 175 gigawatts, including solar power, wind, biomass and small hydropower dams. “Even in 2030, about 60 per cent of USA electricity will be produced from coal and gas”, he pointed out.

India has finally announced a set of goals it intends to achieve on the environment front in order to ward off adverse impacts of global climate change. “India must insist that it needs space to grow beyond 2030”, Bhushan added. “But the very fact that India has signed on is a breakthrough”.

Javadekar said India held its submission back so it could coordinate its filing with the Indian holiday celebrating the birthday Friday of the country’s forefather, Mohandas K. Gandhi, an ardent environmentalist. It also stresses the importance of lifestyle changes and sustainable consumption.

“The voice of a small but significant minority who advise caution and careful analysis before jumping to conclusion has been drowned out in mass media”.