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  • ‘G20 vital in dealing with global carbon emissions’

    ‘G20 vital in dealing with global carbon emissions’

    The scientists said that there is no nation, no society that can address the carbon emission challenges on their own, so G20 is so important…reports Asian Lite News

    Global carbon emissions will determine the future, human fate and livelihood, thats why G20 is very important to deal with the challenge, scientists said on the opening day of the two-day Science-20 conference under Indias G20 Presidency in Agartala.

    The scientists said that there is no nation, no society that can address the carbon emission challenges on their own, so G20 is so important and all nations have to work together as a global force to address these problems of climate change and sustainable development.

    The President of Indian National Science Academy, Ashutosh Sharma, who chaired the Science-20 meet, said that clean energy is very important for a sustainable future, development and climate change.

    Global carbon emissions will decide future, G20 is vital to deal with it : Scientists

    “What we need right now is clean energy, which is the theme of the Science 20 conference – ‘Cleaner Energy for a Cleaner Future’. One earth, one family, one future are very true for climate change as all the challenges that we face today are a global challenge,” he said.

    The event has been organised with inputs from the G20 countries. Scientists from 10 countries are present here, while other countries are giving their inputs virtually.

    Hydrogen is one of the big and significant areas where work is going on across the globe and there is a hydrogen mission that will be taken forward in India, Sharma said.

    He added that till November, India will work on these issues by producing reports, policy papers and action maps on what needs to be done with cooperation of the G20 countries before handing over the Presidency of G20 to Brazil on December 1.

    Along with the global issues, particularly in the energy sector, the local issues in Tripura were also discussed.

    Principal scientific advisor to the government of India, Ajay Sood, said that on January 4, the Green Hydrogen Mission was launched by the government which is steered by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

    The cost of the mission is almost Rs 18,000 crore in which many ministries are involved, including the ministries of Steel, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Fertilisers, Shipping along with many science bodies.

    It reflects the seriousness and responsibility of the government of India to address the issue of climate change with its commitment towards ‘net zero carbon emission’ by 2070.

    Delegates from China, the US, the UK, Australia and Brazil, among others, are taking part in the Science-20 conference.

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  • China, US & EU to occupy more than 90% carbon space by 2050

    China, US & EU to occupy more than 90% carbon space by 2050

    The CEEW report also highlights that 81GtCO2 of carbon space could be available for developing nations if China were to advance its net-zero year to 2050 and peak by 2025…reports Asian Lite News.

    China, the US, and the European Union (EU) are likely to occupy more than 90 per cent of the available 1.5 degrees Celsius carbon space by 2050, according to an independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

    “This would leave little room for developing nations like India to grow their economies in the coming decades. Also, the three big emitters would consume 45 per cent of the available carbon space by 2030. India, on the other hand, would emit 59 per cent less than China, 58 per cent less than the US, and 49 per cent less than the EU, from 1850 to 2100, on a cumulative basis, despite turning net-zero two decades later than the US and the EU and a decade later than China,” the CEEW analysis that took into account the existing net-zero pledges of these countries, said.

    This assumes significance as net-zero targets and goals are much talked about at the on-going COP26 at Glasgow. India announced to achieve net-zero by 2070 even as the COP President has been aiming for 2050 as a global net-zero target. Developing countries continue to demand for the delivery of climate justice, ramping up of climate finance, and additional financial support for loss and damage during the ongoing climate negotiations while rich nations have not been forthcoming with either enough ambition or finance.

    The study ‘The Carbon Space Implications of Net Negative Targets’, released on Tuesday, also estimates that the net-zero commitments made by the 10 big emitters are inadequate and would surpass the 1.5 degrees Celsius carbon space by 33 per cent by 2050. “Therefore, the US, China and the EU should consider advancing their respective net-zero years by a decade and aim to turn net negative by 2050. This would help contain the warming of the planet within the 1.5-degree Celsius carbon budget threshold suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s recently released report,” the CEEW said.

    CEO, CEEW, Dr Arunabha Ghosh said, “CEEW’s analysis highlights that the current net-zero pledges of China, the US and the EU are highly insufficient to keep the 1.5 degrees Celsius target alive while meeting climate justice goals. These countries, in particular, need to bend their emissions curves faster and announce more ambitious 2030 goals along with achieving net-negative emissions by 2050. This would ensure that planetary boundaries are not breached and emerging economies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are given time to pursue a just and sustainable low-carbon transition.”

    The CEEW report also highlights that 81GtCO2 of carbon space could be available for developing nations if China were to advance its net-zero year to 2050 and peak by 2025. If the US and the EU were to reach net-zero emissions ten years sooner than their current targets, then carbon space freed up would be 14.5 GtCO2 and 18.4 GtCO2, respectively. A further 202 GtCO2 of carbon space could be available for developing countries if these three nations also succeed in sequestering their carbon dioxide emissions between 2050 and 2100.

    Fellow, CEEW, Dr Vaibhav Chaturvedi said, “The world cannot avoid historical emissions now, but the future course of action has to change. The US, EU and China all have to do much more. The massiveness of China’s future emissions needs to sink in. There is nothing in China’s net-zero pledge that could be celebrated, as its post-2020 emissions would by itself increase the global temperature by almost 0.33 degrees Celsius.”

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