India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward

Vaibhav Chaturvedi; Arunabha Ghosh; Amit Garg; Vidhee  Avashia; Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan; Dipti  Gupta; Nilesh Kumar Sinha; Chandra  Bhushan; Srestha Banerjee; Divya Datt; Juhi Bansal; Minal Pathak; Subash Dhar; Ajeet Kumar Singh; Nayeem Khan; Rajani Ranjan Rashmi; Shalu Agrawal; Disha Agarwal; Anjali Singh; Thirumalai  N. C.; Siddharth  S Saxena; Vikram Vishal; Udayan Singh; Dharik Mallapragada; Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi; Aditya Valiathan Pillai; Vibhuti Garg; Santosh Singh; Kavya Hari; Nandakumar Janardhanan; Eric  Zusman; Diptiranjan Mahapatra; Shuva Raha; Tulika Gupta; Sumit Prasad

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward

Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Arunabha Ghosh, Amit Garg, Vidhee Avashia, Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Dipti Gupta, Nilesh Kumar Sinha, Chandra Bhushan, Srestha Banerjee, Divya Datt, Juhi Bansal, Minal Pathak, Subash Dhar, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Nayeem Khan, Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, Shalu Agrawal, Disha Agarwal, Anjali Singh, Thirumalai N. C.Siddharth S Saxena, Vikram Vishal, Udayan Singh, Dharik Mallapragada, Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Aditya Valiathan Pillai, Vibhuti Garg, Santosh Singh, Kavya Hari, Nandakumar Janardhanan, Eric Zusman, Diptiranjan Mahapatra, Shuva Raha, Tulika Gupta, Sumit Prasad

King's India Institute

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy. From questions related to whether and at what pace should India decarbonize its economy, various actors in India are now aligned towards this target. An important contribution to inform India's net-zero journey has come through various modelling assessments undertaken by India's institutions and researchers. While a few economy-wide net-zero modelling assessments are available, a comprehensive and integrated picture woven collaboratively by India's climate experts is conspicuously missing. It is critical to complement quantitative modelling-based assessments with insightful perspectives of experts on India's climate policy. Together, modelling based quantitative assessments and insightful qualitative perspectives of climate experts would be an instrumental force that will ensure that the country achieves its net-zero target by understanding synergies and trade-offs, harnessing opportunities, and avoiding risks along the way. This collaborative article discusses various aspects of pathways towards India's net-zero goal to address the gap in literature by looking at broad and inter-related dimensions of 'national and sub-national perspectives', 'sectoral and technological transitions', and 'enablers' needed for India's transition. While the larger net-zero debate relates to all greenhouse gases, we focus on carbon dioxide in our current effort. The assessment aims to inform not just India's policy makers and stakeholders, but various researchers, practitioners and governments around the world for them to be better aware of the various aspects of India's net-zero debate. It weaves the perspectives of experts from 24 institutions across the three broad dimensions to give a comprehensive view of a roadmap towards India's net-zero future.

Original language	English
Article number	112501
Journal	Environmental Research Letters
Volume	19
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

Cite this

Chaturvedi, V., Ghosh, A., Garg, A., Avashia, V., Vishwanathan, S. S., Gupta, D., Sinha, N. K., Bhushan, C., Banerjee, S., Datt, D., Bansal, J., Pathak, M., Dhar, S., Singh, A. K., Khan, N., Rashmi, R. R., Agrawal, S., Agarwal, D., Singh, A., ... Prasad, S. (2024). India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward. Environmental Research Letters, 19(11), Article 112501. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

@article{7e764f59a2744b1e945841ae532eadbc,

title = "India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward",

abstract = "The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy. From questions related to whether and at what pace should India decarbonize its economy, various actors in India are now aligned towards this target. An important contribution to inform India's net-zero journey has come through various modelling assessments undertaken by India's institutions and researchers. While a few economy-wide net-zero modelling assessments are available, a comprehensive and integrated picture woven collaboratively by India's climate experts is conspicuously missing. It is critical to complement quantitative modelling-based assessments with insightful perspectives of experts on India's climate policy. Together, modelling based quantitative assessments and insightful qualitative perspectives of climate experts would be an instrumental force that will ensure that the country achieves its net-zero target by understanding synergies and trade-offs, harnessing opportunities, and avoiding risks along the way. This collaborative article discusses various aspects of pathways towards India's net-zero goal to address the gap in literature by looking at broad and inter-related dimensions of 'national and sub-national perspectives', 'sectoral and technological transitions', and 'enablers' needed for India's transition. While the larger net-zero debate relates to all greenhouse gases, we focus on carbon dioxide in our current effort. The assessment aims to inform not just India's policy makers and stakeholders, but various researchers, practitioners and governments around the world for them to be better aware of the various aspects of India's net-zero debate. It weaves the perspectives of experts from 24 institutions across the three broad dimensions to give a comprehensive view of a roadmap towards India's net-zero future.",

author = "Vaibhav Chaturvedi and Arunabha Ghosh and Amit Garg and Vidhee Avashia and Vishwanathan, {Saritha Sudharmma} and Dipti Gupta and Sinha, {Nilesh Kumar} and Chandra Bhushan and Srestha Banerjee and Divya Datt and Juhi Bansal and Minal Pathak and Subash Dhar and Singh, {Ajeet Kumar} and Nayeem Khan and Rashmi, {Rajani Ranjan} and Shalu Agrawal and Disha Agarwal and Anjali Singh and {N. C.}, Thirumalai and {S Saxena}, Siddharth and Vikram Vishal and Udayan Singh and Dharik Mallapragada and Chaturvedi, {Rajiv Kumar} and {Valiathan Pillai}, Aditya and Vibhuti Garg and Santosh Singh and Kavya Hari and Nandakumar Janardhanan and Eric Zusman and Diptiranjan Mahapatra and Shuva Raha and Tulika Gupta and Sumit Prasad",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.",

year = "2024",

month = oct,

day = "24",

doi = "10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749",

language = "English",

volume = "19",

journal = "Environmental Research Letters",

issn = "1748-9326",

publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",

number = "11",

}

Chaturvedi, V, Ghosh, A, Garg, A, Avashia, V, Vishwanathan, SS, Gupta, D, Sinha, NK, Bhushan, C, Banerjee, S, Datt, D, Bansal, J, Pathak, M, Dhar, S, Singh, AK, Khan, N, Rashmi, RR, Agrawal, S, Agarwal, D, Singh, A, N. C., T, S Saxena, S, Vishal, V, Singh, U, Mallapragada, D, Chaturvedi, RK, Valiathan Pillai, A, Garg, V, Singh, S, Hari, K, Janardhanan, N, Zusman, E, Mahapatra, D, Raha, S, Gupta, T & Prasad, S 2024, 'India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, no. 11, 112501. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

TY - JOUR

T1 - India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward

AU - Chaturvedi, Vaibhav

AU - Ghosh, Arunabha

AU - Garg, Amit

AU - Avashia, Vidhee

AU - Vishwanathan, Saritha Sudharmma

AU - Gupta, Dipti

AU - Sinha, Nilesh Kumar

AU - Bhushan, Chandra

AU - Banerjee, Srestha

AU - Datt, Divya

AU - Bansal, Juhi

AU - Pathak, Minal

AU - Dhar, Subash

AU - Singh, Ajeet Kumar

AU - Khan, Nayeem

AU - Rashmi, Rajani Ranjan

AU - Agrawal, Shalu

AU - Agarwal, Disha

AU - Singh, Anjali

AU - N. C., Thirumalai

AU - S Saxena, Siddharth

AU - Vishal, Vikram

AU - Singh, Udayan

AU - Mallapragada, Dharik

AU - Chaturvedi, Rajiv Kumar

AU - Valiathan Pillai, Aditya

AU - Garg, Vibhuti

AU - Singh, Santosh

AU - Hari, Kavya

AU - Janardhanan, Nandakumar

AU - Zusman, Eric

AU - Mahapatra, Diptiranjan

AU - Raha, Shuva

AU - Gupta, Tulika

AU - Prasad, Sumit

PY - 2024/10/24

Y1 - 2024/10/24

N2 - The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy. From questions related to whether and at what pace should India decarbonize its economy, various actors in India are now aligned towards this target. An important contribution to inform India's net-zero journey has come through various modelling assessments undertaken by India's institutions and researchers. While a few economy-wide net-zero modelling assessments are available, a comprehensive and integrated picture woven collaboratively by India's climate experts is conspicuously missing. It is critical to complement quantitative modelling-based assessments with insightful perspectives of experts on India's climate policy. Together, modelling based quantitative assessments and insightful qualitative perspectives of climate experts would be an instrumental force that will ensure that the country achieves its net-zero target by understanding synergies and trade-offs, harnessing opportunities, and avoiding risks along the way. This collaborative article discusses various aspects of pathways towards India's net-zero goal to address the gap in literature by looking at broad and inter-related dimensions of 'national and sub-national perspectives', 'sectoral and technological transitions', and 'enablers' needed for India's transition. While the larger net-zero debate relates to all greenhouse gases, we focus on carbon dioxide in our current effort. The assessment aims to inform not just India's policy makers and stakeholders, but various researchers, practitioners and governments around the world for them to be better aware of the various aspects of India's net-zero debate. It weaves the perspectives of experts from 24 institutions across the three broad dimensions to give a comprehensive view of a roadmap towards India's net-zero future.

AB - The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy. From questions related to whether and at what pace should India decarbonize its economy, various actors in India are now aligned towards this target. An important contribution to inform India's net-zero journey has come through various modelling assessments undertaken by India's institutions and researchers. While a few economy-wide net-zero modelling assessments are available, a comprehensive and integrated picture woven collaboratively by India's climate experts is conspicuously missing. It is critical to complement quantitative modelling-based assessments with insightful perspectives of experts on India's climate policy. Together, modelling based quantitative assessments and insightful qualitative perspectives of climate experts would be an instrumental force that will ensure that the country achieves its net-zero target by understanding synergies and trade-offs, harnessing opportunities, and avoiding risks along the way. This collaborative article discusses various aspects of pathways towards India's net-zero goal to address the gap in literature by looking at broad and inter-related dimensions of 'national and sub-national perspectives', 'sectoral and technological transitions', and 'enablers' needed for India's transition. While the larger net-zero debate relates to all greenhouse gases, we focus on carbon dioxide in our current effort. The assessment aims to inform not just India's policy makers and stakeholders, but various researchers, practitioners and governments around the world for them to be better aware of the various aspects of India's net-zero debate. It weaves the perspectives of experts from 24 institutions across the three broad dimensions to give a comprehensive view of a roadmap towards India's net-zero future.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85207888223&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

DO - 10.1088/1748-9326/ad7749

M3 - Article

SN - 1748-9326

VL - 19

JO - Environmental Research Letters

JF - Environmental Research Letters

IS - 11

M1 - 112501

ER -

India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this