India presents no plan for emissions reductions
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028288
New York Times : India, the second most populous country in the world, is also the third largest producer of greenhouse gases. In an interview on Wednesday, the country’s new environment minister, Prakash Javadekar, said that the country would not establish a system to reduce its emissions by next summer’s climate summit in Paris. Javadekar said that India’s primary goals are to alleviate domestic poverty and strengthen the economy. He did indicate that the country would be working to reduce the yearly increase in emissions, but that it would likely be more than 30 years before the country is able to begin decreasing them. The majority of India’s growth in emissions will probably come from an expansion of coal power as it attempts to provide electricity to 300 million more people.
