{"id":275913,"date":"2023-08-27T20:28:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T18:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275913"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T18:29:02","slug":"india-want-the-world-to-target-per-capita-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275913","title":{"rendered":"India Want The World To Target Per Capita\u00a0Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dennis Ambler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This statement comes from the Indian Ministry of Power:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh has called for a change in the global climate change discourse and narrative, shifting from a focus on total emissions to per capita emissions of each country. \u201cIndia\u2019s per capita emissions are one third of global average, one of the lowest in the world; despite that, the developed countries until recently had been putting pressure on large countries like India, to reduce emissions. Their per capita emissions remained 3 \u2013 4 times the global average. The narrative was on total emissions of each country.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPoint of comparison should be Per Capita Emissions\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister asserted that the narrative and discourse should not be about total emissions. \u201cIf we talk about total emissions, the country with minimum emissions could be an island nation with small population, even though they may be consuming huge amounts of energy and emitting huge quantities of carbon dioxide per person. Hence, the point of comparison has to be per capita emissions. This is the change in discourse which is needed, and I want institutions like TERI to talk about this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister said this, during his Presidential Address at\u00a0<\/em>the Twenty-Second Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture<\/em><\/a>, held in New Delhi today, August 25, 2023, in memory of\u00a0<\/em>Late Shri Darbari Seth, the founder of TERI<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noting that developed countries would talk about phasing out of coal, but not about phasing out of natural gas or other fossil fuels, the Minister exhorted TERI to come out with studies on climate actions by various countries. Once the global South starts controlling the narrative, the world will be a much fairer place, said the Minister, adding that India has been insisting on phasing out of all fossil fuels.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking about India\u2019s actions towards reducing carbon emissions, the Union Minister said that India has achieved its\u00a0<\/em>NDC<\/em><\/a>\u00a0target of 40% of our installed electricity capacity coming from non-fossil energy sources nine years ahead of schedule, in 2021 itself. \u201cToday, 43% of our capacity is from non-fossil fuel sources. No other country has added renewable energy capacity at a rate at which we have done. We pledged at\u00a0<\/em>COP-21 in 2015<\/em><\/a>, that we will reduce our emissions intensity by 33% by 2030; we did this by 2022, eight years in advance. So, in\u00a0<\/em>Glasgow<\/em><\/a>, we have said that by 2030, we will have 50% of our capacity coming from renewables and that we will reduce our emission intensity by 45%. We will achieve that too well before time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe truth needs to be told, developing countries need space to grow\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shri Singh said that the developed countries have reached their peak of development; so, their emissions will either remain static or come down. \u201cHowever, the building stock of developing countries will multiply, since we are developing; we will need more cement, steel and aluminium to construct those buildings and plants. This will lead to more emissions. So, we need space to grow. This point needs to be made by think tanks like TERI, that this is the space which is required by developing countries to grow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister said that the nation is not going to compromise on the availability of energy for our growth, adding that the country is responsible for only 4% of legacy carbon dioxide load in the environment, whereas our population is around 17% of world population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister said that this discourse needs to be changed not at only at the level of world leaders, but also among the people around the world in the developed countries. \u201cThe truth needs to be told, I want institutions like TERI to step up and change the discourse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1952260<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I was India, that is exactly what I would be arguing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s emissions are seven times the UK\u2019s. and have increased by 52% since 2011. Ours have declined by a third in that time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But by focussing on per capita emissions, India would effectively be let off the hook for decades until the developed world had cut its emissions to India\u2019s levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as the Minister states, India has no intention of cutting emissions for a long time to come. Note his comment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shri Singh said that the developed countries have reached their peak of development; so, their emissions will either remain static or come down. \u201cHowever, the building stock of developing countries will multiply, since we are developing; we will need more cement, steel and aluminium to construct those buildings and plants. This will lead to more emissions. So, we need space to grow. This point needs to be made by think tanks like TERI, that this is the space which is required by developing countries to grow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister said that the nation is not going to compromise on the availability of energy for our growth, adding that the country is responsible for only 4% of legacy carbon dioxide load in the environment, whereas our population is around 17% of world population.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally let\u2019s examine India\u2019s renewable targets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about India\u2019s actions towards reducing carbon emissions, the Union Minister said that India has achieved its\u00a0<\/em>NDC<\/em><\/a>\u00a0target of 40% of our installed electricity capacity coming from non-fossil energy sources nine years ahead of schedule, in 2021 itself. \u201cToday, 43% of our capacity is from non-fossil fuel sources. No other country has added renewable energy capacity at a rate at which we have done. We pledged at\u00a0<\/em>COP-21 in 2015<\/em><\/a>, that we will reduce our emissions intensity by 33% by 2030; we did this by 2022, eight years in advance. So, in\u00a0<\/em>Glasgow<\/em><\/a>, we have said that by 2030, we will have 50% of our capacity coming from renewables and that we will reduce our emission intensity by 45%. We will achieve that too well before time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40% of installed capacity coming from non-fossil fuels?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, the actual generation figures are nothing like 40%. Fossil fuels accounted for 77% of India\u2019s electricity last year, with a further 12% from nuclear and hydro, which are probably about maxed at now. Wind and solar contributed only 9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of overall energy, the situation is even worse. Fossil fuels account for 88% of primary energy consumption, and wind and solar only 4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As non-OECD countries account for two thirds of the world\u2019s emissions, we can forget about Net Zero in our lifetimes if India\u2019s demands are met!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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India\u2019s emissions are seven times the UK\u2019s. and have increased by 52% since 2011. 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