Enhancing India’s Readiness to Climate Finance

Enhancing India’s readiness to access and deliver international climate finance
Annex VIII – Detailed responses for Tier 2 CF readiness indicators
Political & Strategic Functions
Tier 1 Indicators Tier 2 Indicators Detailed Analysis Score
1. GHG emissions
Have emissions estimates
been identified at the
national and sectoral levels?
1.1 What are the major sources
of emissions in the country?
Energy and industry account for nearly 80% of all emissions
• The total net GHG emissions from India in 2007 were 1727.71 million tons of CO 2
equivalent. GHG emissions from Energy, Industry, Agriculture, and Waste sectors
constituted 58%, 22%, 17% and 3% of the net CO 2 emissions respectively. 69
• Emissions from the energy sector are generated predominantly by: Electricity generation
(65.4%), Transport (12.9%), Residential and Commercial consumption (12.6%)
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1.2 What systems (if any) are in
place to estimate and account
for economy wide emissions
(e.g. greenhouse gas
inventories, national
communications, etc.)?
India has appropriate systems in place to estimate GHG emissions
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• India has set up the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, which makes
periodic assessments of climate change and provides updated information on India’s
national emissions.
• India has published two National Communications to the UNFCCC (2004 and 2012) and is
in the process of developing its first Biennial Update Report, which will be submitted to
the UNFCCC in 2014.
• The India GHG Programme led by WRI India, Confederation of India Industry and The
Energy and Resources Institute is an industry-led voluntary framework to measure and
manage greenhouse gas emissions. 70
2. Risk & Vulnerability
Have climate impacts,
vulnerabilities, & risks been
identified?
2.1 What assessments (if any) of
climate risk at country and
sectoral levels have been
completed?
Macro level assessments have been conducted, however detailed sectoral and State level
analysis are still needed
• Broad level national risk assessments have been conducted in India’s first and second
National Communications.
• IPCC reports have also identified key climate risks for South Asia region. 71
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• The NAPCC has established the National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate
Change, which aims to identify the challenges and responses to climate change.
69 Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment – Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007 (published May 2010)
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71 http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf
Ref: Ricardo-AEA/R/ED59216/Final Report
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