India’s Potential for Improvement to Mitigate Global Warming

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India’s Potential for Improvement to Mitigate Global Warming is written by David Höhl and published by GRIN Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3668929556 (ISBN 10) and 9783668929555 (ISBN 13).

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Economic Geography, grade: 1,0 / 73, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, language: English, abstract: India faces a dilemma. Its prime minister promised access to electricity, education and health to all citizens. Meanwhile, it aims in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for a low carbon economy. The president of one of Asia’s most influential think tanks concludes if India doesn’t achieve the "Indian dream" in a climate friendly way, it will either destroy India or the planet. Since it is the most highly populated country in the world (17 % of the whole world population lives in India), the way it tackles climate change has a crucial impact globally. To assess policy options, it is substantial to see to which scenarios policies lead to. Integrated assessment models provide these future scenarios by combining knowledge from a variety of disciplines.