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Sunday, December 14, 2014

India is the third largest emitter of green House Gases (GHG) in the world!

According to the reports appeared in TOI, India, being a third largest (after US and China) emitter of GHGs, needs to take lead in accepting key climate targets on curtailing the emissions using Green Tech for its developmental activities. Use of fossil fuel is the major contributor for the emissions, the resources of which are not infinite. This issue is on global scale and threatening the present and future generations.

Impact of climate change is serious. Every one of us are feeling the temperature rise in the environment, and suffering the effects like flash floods, poor harvests and water scarcity. Most of India’s industrial units, particularly the nuclear reactors are located close to sea and are likely to be affected by rising sea water levels, unless urgent preventive measures are taken by the government.

Curtailing the GHG emissions is not the responsibility of the government alone. There are power plants and other polluting industries in private sector which should also take responsibility to change to or use green tech. This calls for major challenges in incorporating appropriate process changes and spent more money in the clean-up of the liquid and gaseous waste streams before releasing into the environment. The so-called low carbon economy comes expensive and the products become un-competitive in world markets. India is likely to lose business to other world competitors like China; the country which is the second largest emitter of GHGs.  


Is India in a position to go for low-carbon and sustainable development, and compete with China and other developed countries which are responsible for polluting the environment to the current alarming level of degeneration? There are also other serious issues in India such as inadequate healthcare, poverty and malnutrition of children which should be worry about. What will happen to the “Make in India” slogan of the government of India?