Panel formed to oversee India’s Paris climate goals

Question 1

name of panel?Under which ministry?

Answer 1

• apex committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA)
• Union Environment Ministry has constituted it
• inter-ministerial

Question 2

Objective/Work?

Answer 2

• act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India
• coordinated response on climate change matters
• ensures that India is on track towards meeting its climate change obligations under the Paris Agreement including its submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Question 3

What are NDCs?

Answer 3

accounts of the voluntary efforts to be made by countries that are a part of the Paris Agreement, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

• to be implemented in the post-2020 period
• India had submitted its NDCs in 2015.

Question 4

what are the quantitative goals in the Indian NDCs?

Answer 4

1. A 33-35 per cent reduction in the gross domestic product emissions intensity by 2030 from 2005 levels.
2. A 40 per cent share of non-fossil fuel based electricity by 2030.
3. Creating a carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide through afforestation programmes.

Question 5

What is paris agreement?

Answer 5

Covered in Shankar IAS