India to come up with mitigation action for high carbon-emitting sectors like steel, cement, refineries, fertilisers
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Union government plans to come up with mitigation action based on carbon capture and clean coal for industries that are among the biggest emitters of gases that cause global warming, Niti Aayog member V. K.
Saraswat said in an interview. “We are certainly looking at mitigation actions for sectors which are difficult. For example, the industry sector, which is difficult to mitigate, like steel plants, cement plants, refineries, fertilisers plants.
These consume huge power, and they are big guzzlers. So, we are looking at how to reduce their carbon emissions. That’s why we are talking about CCUS (carbon capture, utilisation and storage) and clean coal technology," Saraswat toldMint, declining to share any details.
The action plan comes as India and 197 other member-countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) prepare to submit their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to reduce emissions by February. The third round of NDCs must bring global greenhouse gas emissions in 2035 to levels consistent with the 1.5°C pathway and India, the fourth-largest global emitter of greenhouse gases, is no exception. Failure to increase goals in the new NDCs and start delivering immediately will put the world on course for a temperature increase of 2.6-3.1°C above pre-industrial age levels over the course of this century.
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