Pricing carbon: Trade-offs and opportunities for India
Reconciling India’s Climate and Industrial Targets: A Policy Roadmap. Introduction India has performed remarkably well in terms of its climate trajectory over the past decade. From 2005 to 2014, the country’s GHG-emission intensity declined by 21 percent. [1] According to Climate Transparency, India is the only G20 nation on-track to achieve the targets under the Paris Agreement. [2] One of the key, albeit unfortunate, reasons behind India’s climate success is the underperformance of its manufacturing sector. Since industries constitute approximately one-fourth of the economy’s total ...
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