JKSSB Written 2022
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Correct Answer:
Option A —
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
What are INDCs?
Ahead of the COP21 (21st Conference of Parties) held in Paris in 2015, countries were asked to publicly outline what post-2020 climate actions they intended to take under a new international agreement. These were known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
Once a country ratifies the Paris Agreement, the "Intended" is dropped, and the document becomes their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).India’s Commitments in the INDC (2015)India submitted its INDC on October 2, 2015 (Gandhi Jayanti). The three primary targets were:Emission Intensity: To reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33% to 35% by 2030 from 2005 levels.Non-Fossil Fuel Power: To achieve about 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.Carbon Sink: To create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of $CO_2$ equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
Comparison with other options Options B, C, and D: These are distractors and do not represent any official international climate terminology or documents.
Note: At COP26 in Glasgow (2021) and subsequent updates, India increased these ambitions (known as Panchamrit), including a target to achieve Net Zero emissions by the year 2070.
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