| ID | 141238 |
| Title Proper | CO2 emissions and soft approaches of mitigation for NCR-Delhi |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Verm, Kopal ; Kulshrestha, Umesh |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | During the last five years, India has achieved to become world’s ninth largest economy with a real GDP growth of 8.7% which is exceptional evidence of the growth of Indian economy [Energy Statistics, 2013]. Such a high economic growth involves enormous pressure on the energy resources of the country resulting in increased demand and supply imbalance across all energy sources. India’s energy basket has mixture of all the resources with the dominance of coal [Energy Statistics, 2013]. Being the capital of India, Delhi is the hub of opportunities for all including youth, entrepreneurs, governments, and the directly or indirectly associated people. This catalyses the processes of migration which is responsible for the growth of population, size of the urban area and industrialization [Aggarwal and Jain, 2014]. This further leads towards increased energy consumption posing serious environmental and human health threats. The worsening air quality of the city is triggering various respiratory problems such as chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and infections etc. Adverse air quality also affects visibility and climate, most of the time making irreversible changes. One such example is climate change which is difficult to cope by `hard’ mitigating methods due to human desires and geographical competitiveness for modern development. Due to these reasons many people believe that our climatic conditions will never be restored into the original form and adaptation is the only option for future generation. However, it is possible to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon emissions by `soft’ techniques. Taking into account the consumption of fossil fuels by different sources and their emissions in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), this article focuses upon the soft approaches to mitigate (GHG) and carbon emissions. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Focus Vol. 36, No.10; Oct 2015: p.34-38 |
| Journal Source | World Focus 2015-10 36, 10 |
| Key Words | Global Warming ; Human Security ; Climate Change ; Threats ; Renewable Energy ; Global Climate Change ; GHG ; CO2 ; Climate Change and Security ; Neo-Realist Paradigm ; Non - Traditional Elements ; Climate Patterns ; Climate Change Diplomacy and Politics ; Climate Change Diplomatic Negotiations ; NCR- Delhi |