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India’s Emissions reduction
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- Over the past 14 years, India has showcased significant progress in reducing its carbon footprint.
- From 2005 to 2019, the country remarkably decreased its greenhouse emissions rate by 33%.
- By 2030, the nation has pledged to reduce its emissions intensity by 45% from its 2005 levels.
- It includes sources like hydro, nuclear, and renewables, contributed to 25.3% of India’s total power generation.
- Nevertheless, thermal power stations remain a dominant force, supplying 73% of the consumed electricity, down from about 75% in 2019.
- 42.3 percent of the total electric power installed capacity from non-fossil-based energy resources.
- As of 2019, forests and trees covered 24.56%, or 80.73 million hectares, of India.
- The Group of 20 (G20) failed twice in recent times to reach a consensus on phasing out fossil fuels.
- The rate of emissions intensity is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions emitted for every unit increase of gross domestic product (GDP).
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