For the study on reducing India’s emission intensity, the ministry specified that the study should give sector-specific budgetary requirements, including measures to mitigate emissions in all sectors. Photo: BloombergNew Delhi: Nearly two and half years after declaring a comprehensive list of goals to tackle climate change post 2020, the environment ministry has called for a series of studies from research organizations to develop a roadmap for the effective and efficient implementation of these goals. In the run-up to the Paris Climate Summit in December 2015, countries across the world outlined these climate actions, known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Following this, India’s ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has now called for studies from research organizations and institutions “working in the climate change domain and expertise for developing roadmaps” for five such actions promised under India’s INDCs. For all these goals, MoEFCC said the studies should map existing sector-specific policies, identify gaps, give specific policy recommendations and give a clear roadmap with timelines of deliverables, including monthly reporting framework.

Source: Mint March 12, 2018 08:03 UTC