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ve gone ambitious with green initiatives at a time when countries including the united states and china are increasing their climate change ambitions ahead of cop26 climate summit in glasgow sadly there was no mention of ecosystem restoration forest and wildlife protection phaseout of coal etc february 01 2021 08 07 pm ist early in the morning on february 1 i spoke to a few experts in the environmental and climate change movements regarding their expectations from the union budget 2021 and got the usual checklist of fantasies of the green lobby clean air clean water plastic ban phase out of coal wildlife and forest protection ecosystem and river restoration renewable energy and resilience building with no personal expectations except counting how many times climate change is mentioned in the speech in 2020 it was five i settled in front of the tv for an afternoon of no surprises first the good news in the background of the pandemic and increasing climate induced disasters that has exposed the abysmal conditions of india s public health infrastructure various health experts and doctors were expecting an increase in the outlay for the health sector and their expectations have been fulfilled to a large extent with a whopping increase of about 137 percent in healthcare spending totalling 223 846 crore to tackle air pollution 2 217 crore had been allotted for 42 urban centres with a population over one million to tackle the crisis also mentioned was the reduction of air pollution by effectively managing waste from construction and demolition activities for clean water finance minister nirmala sitharaman announced the launch of the jal jeevan mission urban programme with an outlay of 2 87 lakh crore for five years the minister also said that as the world health organization has repeatedly stressed the importance of clean water sanitation and a clean environment as a prerequisite to achieving universal health the mission aims at better water supply across india about 4 378 urban local bodies would benefit and liquid waste management would be carried out across 500 amrut cities stressing on swachch bharat swasth bharat the further strengthening of the swachhata cleanliness campaign of urban india to focus on complete faecal sludge management wastewater treatment source segregation of garbage reduction in single use plastic and bioremediation of legacy dump sites was announced the urban swachch bharat mission 2 0 has been allocated rs 141 678 crore on renewable energy the focus seems to be on capturing the emerging energy transition trends from hydrogen to smart metering the sector received an additional infusion of rs 1 000 crore to solar energy corporation of india seci and rs 1 500 crore to indian renewable energy development agency ireda she also announced the launch of a national hydrogen mission in 2021 22 for generating hydrogen from green power source the budget also lays focus on an increased outlay for the expansion of the city gas distribution cgd network and ujjwala beneficiaries to cover over 10 million more families this will ensure that india has a 100 percent blue fame coverage of all willing household access to clean cooking fuel that s up from 55 percent households with access in 2014 a new scheme will be launched on public transportation at the cost of rs 18 000 crore to support the augmentation of public bus transport services it is unclear whether this will be for electric buses or not and one hopes it is to tackle air pollution and improve mobility the indian railways will soon be a major contributor to india s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets as the eastern and western dedicated freight corridors will be commissioned by june 2022 and 100 percent electrification of broad gauge routes will be completed by december 2023 according to the world resource institute dedicated freight rail corridors can lower india s cumulative railway emissions over the period 2019 2046 from 1 26 billion tonnes to 0 29 billion tonnes so in general that was it on the environment and climate change front it was more or less business as usual with no vision of a green recovery or a post pandemic new world that many were expecting in the 75th year of independence a year after the hottest year of the century at a time when countries including the united states and china are increasing their climate change ambitions ahead of cop26 climate summit in glasgow sadly there was no mention of ecosystem restoration forest and wildlife protection phase out of coal adaptation or resilience building and to my personal dismay climate change was not mentioned even once in the almost two hour long budget speech shailendra yashwant is senior adviser climate action network south asia cansa twitter shaibaba views are personal published in money control opinion on 1st feb 2021 posted by shailendra yashwant no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels climate change cop26 india india budget 2021 tuesday december 29 2020 is india really a global climate leader five years ago on december 12 2015 world leaders agreed on the paris agreement and set themselves three goals to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change adaptation for addressing and reducing vulnerability to climate change mitigation for reducing emissions to limit the global temperature increase to well below 2 c up to 1 5 c and making financial flows consistent with climate goals by the end of 2020 we already know what a 1 2 c warmer world feels like wildfires floods cyclones droughts melting glaciers sea level rise species extinction crop failures the decline of fisheries and a full blown global pandemic we also know that it is going to get worse unless world governments take drastic and bold action it may surprise many that india is the only g20 country that is currently on track for the 2 c degree scenario according to the climate transparency report ctr the annual review of g20 countries climate action india also figures in the top 10 for the second year in a row in the climate change performance index ccpi 2021 the ccpi analyses and compares climate protection across 57 countries plus the eu as a whole with the highest emissions the truth is that the world is not doing anywhere near enough to meet the 1 5 c target according to the latest unep emissions gap report the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3 c degrees this century india ranks high in these reports merely due to its ambitious renewable energy and energy efficiency targets that include 33 35 percent reduction in the emissions intensity of gdp compared to 2005 by 2030 at least 40 percent non fossil fuel electric power capacity by 2030 and additional cumulative carbon sink of 2 5 3 gtco2e by 2030 through additional forest and tree cover these rankings however stand in contradiction to the indian government s overall track record on the environment it is well known that the current government is on a dilution spree of laws pertaining to india s forests coasts wildlife air and waste management to favour ease of doing business and to lure investments under the guise of development its outrageous obsession with coal and ill conceived infrastructure projects are endangering the last remaining pockets of biodiversity and reserves of natural resources thereby weakening our resilience to climate change challenges at the last count the indian government has approved 278 projects in and around india s most protected environments including biodiversity hotspots and national parks since july 2014 india incidentally stands 168 out of 180 countries on the 2020 environmental performance index for a country battered by climate induced disasters india must recognize the role of nature based solutions to adapt to climate change s adverse effects and foster climate resilience already 8 out of the 10 highest ranking years of heat wave exposure in india have occurred in the past 20 years with heat related mortality in people older than 65 years reaching a total of 296 000 deaths in 2018 cyclone amphan which brought destruction to west bengal in india and bangladesh in may 2020 was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the north indian ocean with india s economic losses from the disaster totalling about 14 billion the international labour organisation has projected that productivity loss due to heat stress in india will be equivalent to 34 million full time jobs in another 10 years an october 2019 study by the climate impact lab says that by 2100 around 1 5 million more people are likely to die every year in india due to climate change this rate is as high as the death rate from all infectious diseases in the country in 2019 the covid 19 pandemic not only spiked those numbers but also demonstrated the real cost of rampant forest destruction the pandemic lockdown induced reverse migration of millions of workers to impoverished villages and hinterlands has further exposed india s lackadaisical climate change adaptation efforts moreover missing a significant opportunity for a just and green transition india s covid 19 economic recovery spending failed to invest in building climate change resilience in agriculture water urban planning coastal planning and public health going forward the indian government needs to prioritize and incorporate adaptation and mitigation measures into decision making at every level it has to recognize that a local resource based approach to infrastructure development can be a significant contributor to assisting its citizens in adapting to climate change while contributing to the economy community based natural resource management programmes for water and land resource management in rural areas promoting climate resilient agriculture and building a climate proof rural infrastructure will ensure livelihoods and reduce emissions but most of all india must protect its biodiversity fiercely and strengthen its natural systems to quote antonio guterres making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century it must be the top top priority for everyone everywhere first published in moneycontrol on 29 december 2020 posted by shailendra yashwant no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 2020 environmental performance index climate change climate change performance index climate crisis climate transparency report coal government of india india paris agreement unep emissions gap report tuesday october 6 2020 will china lead the global fight against climate change on september 22 chinese president xi jinping announced to the world that china responsible for 28 percent of the world s greenhouse gas emissions would phase out any conventional use of coal oil and gas to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality i e zero additional carbon emissions into the atmosphere by 2060 under the paris climate deal reached in 2015 china had pledged that its emissions would peak around 2030 xi addressing the united nations general assembly on september 22 said that he was moving up that timetable to before 2030 if china is able to deliver on the climate neutrality pledge by mid century it will lower global warming projections by around 0 2 to 0 3 degrees celsius the single biggest reduction measured since countries signed the paris agreement in 2015 according to an analysis by the climate action tracker which measures government commitments on climate against the paris agreement goals carbon neutrality refers to the elimination of carbon dioxide emissions by stopping emissions altogether or by balancing carbon dioxide emissions with some form of carbon removal it is important to note that carbon neutrality differs from climate neutrality because it does not consider other greenhouse gases more than 60 other countries have pledged carbon neutrality by 2050 a consensus deadline that scientists believe must be met to have a reasonable chance of averting the worst climate catastrophe those countries are small compared to china china s total emissions are about as much as those produced by the united states european union and india combined sceptics have been quick to point out that xi s announcement means china will have to stop burning coal a tall order in a country that is home to half of the world s coal power capacity and another 210gw to be added soon others have expressed concerns about china exporting emissions as it is financing a quarter of coal plants under development in other countries through its belt and road initiative with 102gw capacity then there is the timing of the announcement before the us presidential elections which could mean china is trying to get out in front of any us pressure in case biden is sworn in or maybe even yielding to bilateral pressure from european union that has been threatening carbon taxes on imports from china if beijing did not raise its ambition yet there are reasons to believe that beijing may have acted unconditionally given that china outperformed its 2020 carbon emission target reaching the goal three years ahead of schedule there are strong indications that china could meet its 2030 carbon intensity peaking targets by 2025 china rarely makes announcements unless it is confident that it will move towards achieving them the new pledge indicates that the government could be moving towards a commitment to phasing out the fossil fuel said bill hare ceo of climate analytics according to harjeet singh global climate lead at action aid the fact is that even as it appears to cling to coal china has also emerged as a leader in clean energy technologies including solar panels and wind turbines it is the world s largest manufacturer of electric cars and buses it is important to note that china s efforts to cut emissions so far have been more about pragmatism than climate leadership pollution and other environmental threats are increasingly seen as threats to the communist party s standing humankind can no longer afford to ignore the repeated warnings of nature xi told the general assembly that was evident in this summer s devastating floods on the yangtze river and its tributaries in central china xi has already pledged to increase government support for new technologies while fighting pollution protecting natural resources and expanding the country s national park networks however if xi is serious then the ambitious target of climate neutrality must find space in the chinese government s soon to be released 14th five year plan 2021 2025 with detailing of the structural changes in energy production and consumption and long term decarbonisation road maps that are economically and technically viable whether xi will save the world from runaway climate change or not remains to be seen but the pressure is now on india china s partner in chief at the unfccc in resisting calls from the west for firm commitments to decarbonisation to make a similarly bold climate announcem...