Low carbon pathways
Gupta, Himanshu | June 2015
Abstract
India’s climate debate encompasses issues other than just energy choices and energy efficiency. It is an integrated puzzle around lifestyle choices, the aspirations of 1.2 billion people, and informed actions on the water, air quality and climate fronts. In the wake of the upcoming COP-21 talks at Paris and the already announced US-China agreement on peaking of GHG emissions, India’s approach to climate mitigation and adaptation is being keenly watched by people concerned with climate policy, all over the world. This paper outlines one such approach using the India Energy Security Scenarios-2047 tool of the NITI Aayog and explores India’s emissions trajectory till the year 2047, if past trends continue, and the trajectory if low carbon energy choices are made. The paper also states the interventions in the demand and the supply sector which can make this transition feasible. Such a transition will not happen, however, without investments in technologies, programs and infrastructure, and an estimate of these investments is provided till the year 2047.
Citation
Gupta, Himanshu. 2015. Low carbon pathways. © Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/11015.Keywords
Alternative energy
Alternative energy development
Commercial Energy
Energy Economics
Energy Technology
Household Energy Consumption
Industrial Energy Consumption
Primary Energy
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Evaluation Techniques
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation Criteria
Alternative energy program
Alternative energy technology
Domestic Energy
Energy Demand
Energy Prices
Energy Pricing Policy
Energy Supply
Nuclear
Primary Energy Supply
Development Indicators
Social Participation
Low Income Groups
Income Generation
Newly Industrializing Countries
Input output analysis
Cost benefit analysis
Needs assessment
Economic evaluation
Energy Industries
Energy planning
Alternative energy technology
Project impact
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Green technology
Electric power
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Power supply
Electric power consumption
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Consumer
Consumption
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Electric power plant
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Energy conservation
Energy policy
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Energy consumption
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