The market will be created once the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), notified in June 2023, comes in force.
As per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), CCTS will likely take effect by 2026.
CCTS is a market-based mechanism to reduce or limit emissions.
Its genesis lies in India’s commitment to meet its Nationally Determined Contributions - emissions reduction target for 2030 committed under the Paris Agreement of 2016.
One of India’s targets is to reduce the “emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030”.
In 2021, India also declared the target of becoming a net-zero emitter by 2070.
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a tariff to be imposed by the European Union from 2026.