The Renewable Energy Sources to Combat Climate Change: An Analysis of India's Laws and Policies in the Context of its NDCS

NOUN International Journal of Private and Property Law Volume 1, Number 1, November 2018

31 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2021

Date Written: October 30, 2018

Abstract

India ratified its National Determined Contribution (NDC) to Paris Agreement on 147th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October, 2016. It’s NDC includes commitments for the better adaptation to climate change by accelerating investments in development programmes.in those sectors that vulnerable to climate change. It promises to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35% from 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non- fossil fuel- based energy resources by 2030. India is striving to achieve a target of producing 175 GW of solar, wind and biomass electricity by 2022 and scale up further in following years. While reviewing various programmes, policies and schemes launched by the Government of India on renewable energy and briefly examining the legal regime for the conservation and promotion of renewable energy in India, this paper acclaims the Nations’ cognisance of the fact that the need for developing renewable energy sources to tackle the ill effects of climate change caused by conventional energy sources cannot be overemphasized in an over populated and fast developing country like India and concludes that though the 2022 target is extremely ambitious to make India a global leader in renewable energy, yet signs show that the country is starting to make serious progress on how it will achieve its lofty renewable energy goals.

Keywords: Renewable Energy, India's NDC, Climate Change, Indian Law and Policies

JEL Classification: K, H, I

Suggested Citation

Tandon, Usha, The Renewable Energy Sources to Combat Climate Change: An Analysis of India's Laws and Policies in the Context of its NDCS (October 30, 2018). NOUN International Journal of Private and Property Law Volume 1, Number 1, November 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3879616

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