1. Climate Policy Scenario in India
Neha Pahuja

2. Outline India: developmental challenges & growing emissions
India: mitigation policy scenario
Increased efforts: NAPCC, Copenhagen Pledge
India: key negotiating position

3. India: development indicators
Rapid economic growth
Development of Infrastructure (Roads, Railways, Power, Electricity transmission, Water supply)
Electricity for all by 2012
Galloping mobility demands
Stagnating domestic production of energy resources
Budgetary constraints

4. India: the energy challenge
Approximately 470 million Indians live without electricity - almost 8% of World Population
Traditional biomass is the primary cooking fuel for over 700 million Indians
80% of the population is below the income level $2 a day respectively
Low HDI due to lack of access to commercial energy - illiteracy, poor health
India’s per capita commercial energy consumption is about 20% of the world average, 4% that of the US and 28% that of China
To uplift the bottom sections of its society, India needs a sustained GDP growth of % every year for the next 25 years - this is not possible without Provisions of Modern Energy

5. India: Emissions Profile
Source: INCCA Workshop, May-2010

6. Trends: Future Projections
Source: MoEF, September-2009

7. India’s plans and targets
Source: FICCI Task Force on Climate Change: December 2007

8. Increased efforts- 24 initiatives
Source: MoEF, January, 2010

9. PM council on climate change in action
June 30, PM releases India’s first National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
Outlines existing and future policies and programs to address climate mitigation and adaptation
Identifies eight core-national missions (through 2017)
Pledges that India’s per capita GHG emissions will at no point exceed that of developed countries
Long-term convergence of per capita emission
In addition: Copenhagen Pledge-20-25% intensity target (Low carbon committee)

10. Eight Missions National Solar Mission
National Mission for advanced Energy Efficiency
National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
National Water Mission
National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
National Mission for Green India
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change

11. India & NAMAs Global issues
Negotiations inconclusive and ambiguous on implementation issues
Uncertainty over Kyoto commitments and instruments
Uncertainties about carbon market mechanisms
No significant progress on definitional issues pertaining to NAMAs

12. India & NAMAs - II India’s Stand
Voluntary, legally non-binding, guided by over-riding development priorities - No ‘peaking year’ for emissions
Emphasis on public funds - essential for financial sustainability
Multilateral mechanism for technology transfer, accelerated adoption, capacity-building, and support networks

13. Where do we go ..
Different proposals- domestic, supported, credited, sectoral…
ICA/MRV/ or both.. But what is it?
Linkages with other mechanism- Green Climate fund, technology mechanism, CDM…?
Private sector participation?