UN climate change meet could provide industry a roadmap for low carbon growth | The Indian Express

UN climate change meet could provide industry a roadmap for low carbon growth | The Indian Express

Written by R. R. Rashmi |Updated: June 25, 2019 9:20:57 am

The writer is special secretary in the government of India and has been India’s climate negotiator. The views are personal.

UN climate change meet could provide industry a roadmap for low carbon growth

Whichever coalition India may offer to join, it will be useful for the country to think of its sectoral actions as part of a long-term low carbon national growth strategy.

Nine tracks of discussion are planned at the summit, with the hope of nudging countries to move to an aggressive path of decarbonisation. (File)

On the margins of the UN General Assembly in September, the UN Secretary General has convened a summit to discuss plans to address climate change. The summit will take place exactly a year before the implementation of the Paris Agreement begins. The UN Secretary General is concerned that the collective climate ambition is low and is keen to launch new initiatives to close the gap between the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) made under the Paris Pact and the goal of climate stabilisation.