INDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Dec. 29, 2018

Union Cabinet has approved the Submission of India's Second Biennial Update Report (BUR) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) towards fulfilment of the reporting obligation under the Convention.

About:

  • India is a Party to the UNFCCC, which enjoins upon all Parties to furnish information, in the form of a National Communication regarding implementation of the Convention.

  • At COP17, it was decided that Biennial Update Reports (BURs) shall be submitted every two years.

  • The scope of second BUR is to provide an update to India's first BUR to UNFCCC.

  • The BUR contains five major components: (1) National Circumstances; (2) National Greenhouse Gas Inventory; (3) Mitigation Actions; (4) Finance, Technology and Capacity Building Needs and (5) Support Received and Domestic Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) arrangements.

  • Submission of India's Second BUR will fulfil the obligation of India to furnish information regarding implementation of the Convention, being a Party.

In 2014, 2.6 billion tonnes of CC-2 equivalent of GHGs were emitted from all activities (excluding LULUCF) in India.Salient Features of India's Second BUR to UNFCCC:

The net national GHG emissions after including LULUCF were 2.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

  • Out of the total emissions, energy sector accounted for 73%, IPPU 8%, agriculture 16% and waste sector 3%.

  • About 12% of emissions were offset by the carbon sink action of forestland, cropland and settlements.

Source : PIB