TNPSC Thervupettagam

Long Term-Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)

November 19 , 2022 610 days 385 0
  • At the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, India submits this to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • The 195 member countries of the UNFCCC were obliged to submit this document by 2022.
  • India’s LT-LEDS was launched to transition to a “low emissions” pathway.
  • The LT-LEDS has been prepared in the framework of India’s right to an equitable and fair share of the global carbon budget.
  • It is premised on expanding its nuclear power capacity by at least three-fold in the next decade.
  • It further focuses on the increased use of biofuels, especially ethanol blending in petrol.
  • It also envisages maximising the use of green hydrogen fuel to drive the low carbon development of the transport sector.

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