‘Climate Change Adaptation Should Be India라이브 바카라 Priority, Not Mitigation’

SB. Do you think India라이브 바카라 commitment of getting 50% of energy from non-fossil-based fuel by 2030 is realistic?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: It does not matter what India committed. India accounts for only 7% of global emissions. The problem is 100% of global emission. When we think of net zero in the global context, how much is India라이브 바카라 contribution? India alone hard-pushing for energy transition would not change much in the global context.바카라 웹사이트

SB. What will make the real difference?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: The real difference requires that the top 20% consumers across the world, who are overconsuming, reduce their consumption by 85%. Otherwise, the whole battle against global warming would not reach anywhere. Global warming is happening because a section of the population is overconsuming.바카라 웹사이트

SB. Do you mean the disparity in energy consumptions?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: Just for an example, the carbon footprint of an average American is 42 times higher than the carbon footprint of an average Indian, even though our size of population is four times the size of the American population. So, they are consuming 170 times more than average Indians. 바카라 웹사이트

SB. So, the onus of mitigating the problem lies more with the developed nations?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: Eighty-one percent of global warming has happened because of actions taken in the past by the OECD countries. Therefore, 81% responsibility for mitigating the crisis should lie with them. The total population of all OECD countries is less than India라이브 바카라 population. Imagine the disparity. 바카라 웹사이트

SB: Were 바카라 웹사이트India라이브 바카라 climate negotiations in 2015 and 2021 improper?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: I wouldn’t comment on proper or improper. Fact remains that the bottom 50% of the world has practically negligible responsibility to global warming. But the Paris accord requires everybody to contribute. It does not specify this contribution, though. Mitigation, however, is not the only climate action that is required. Mitigation is one of the five climate actions required. A very major climate action is adaptation. People who have nothing to do with global warming are the ones who suffer the most. But everyone keeps talking about mitigation.바카라 웹사이트

SB: What are the other aspects of climate action?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: The five aspects are mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity building. These actions cannot be handled through mitigations alone. But we hardly heard anything about adaptation in Glasgow. Somebody has to finance these actions. The framework convention requires that the developed world, which has the capacity to finance, should finance global climate actions. Did you hear about their financial commitments? Even the commitments they made have never been fulfilled.바카라 웹사이트

SB: Are you suggesting that adaptation is of greater priority for India than mitigation?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: Adaptation should be our only priority. Our emissions will not go down. It will rise. With 18% share of the global population, our emission is less than 7% of the global share. Our per capita consumption is only one-third of the global average. China라이브 바카라 per capita consumption is 1.4 times the global average. As we try to adapt, we will need more energy, which means more emissions. Our historical responsibility is negligible. The OECD countries should focus on mitigations, while our aspirations should go up. Our emissions go up, their emissions go down – that라이브 바카라 the way it should be.바카라 웹사이트

SB: So, developed countries are not doing enough?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: I am not alone saying this. The civil society in the West is also saying this. About 250 civil society organisations in the West have put together a paper on fair burden sharing. It requires the US to reduce their emissions by 195% below their 2005 level by 2030. It requires the European Union to reduce their emissions by 150% below their 1990-level emissions by 2030. Neither of them is on track.바카라 웹사이트

SB: What kind of adaptations India needs?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: First of all, skills. If 60% of the population is dependent on agriculture, and agriculture output suffers due to climate change, they will require a new set of skills. The process of skill development does not happen on its own. The government needs to educate the people. India is ranked 151 among 160 countries in the hunger index. There is massive malnutrition. They lack access to power. India needs to improve the basic parameters to have a healthier population. We need to improve the standard of human shelter. Floods, landslides are increasing. Even major metropolitan cities are flooding and about one-third of metro city population lives in slums. Imagine their condition when the cities flood. The magnitude of these problems would rise with global warming. India should prioritise raising the adaptive capacity of its population.바카라 웹사이트

SB: So, India라이브 바카라 emissions are going to go up?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: If you provide everybody with a proper house to live in, emissions will go up because houses need cement and steel, each of which causes emissions. If you give everyone access to electricity–not just wires coming in but people actually using electricity for daily basic needs–the emission will go up. But the use of electricity will raise their adaptive capacity. 바카라 웹사이트

SB: What about the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuel?바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: We must separate global issues and local issues. India will be affected by global warming, no matter what we do. But there are large-scale domestic environmental problems, including air, water and soil quality issues, and the issue of water availability. In situ coal gasification can reduce some of the local environmental impacts of coal mining. But for this, boiler efficiency has to be improved. 바카라 웹사이트

SB: What role do you see coal taking in India라이브 바카라 future power generation scheme? 바카라 웹사이트

Sethi: India is so energy poor that it needs every energy resource that it can get. The renewables have a fair share in this role. Similarly, coal, oil and gas will continue to have a role. Even if you look at global projections, the share of renewables, including large hydro, will still be about 26–27% of energy sources. The Energy Information Administration라이브 바카라 October 2021 projection shows 69% of global energy will still come from fossil fuels in 2050.바카라 웹사이트
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