INDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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• India is a Party to the UNFCCC, which enjoins upon all Parties to furnish information, in the form of a National Communication regarding implementation of the Convention.
  
  
• At COP17, it was decided that Biennial Update Reports (BURs) shall be submitted every two years.
  
  
• The scope of second BUR is to provide an update to India's first BUR to UNFCCC.
  
  
• The BUR contains five major components: (1) National Circumstances; (2) National Greenhouse Gas Inventory; (3) Mitigation Actions; (4) Finance, Technology and Capacity Building Needs and (5) Support Received and Domestic Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) arrangements.
  
  
• Submission of India's Second BUR will fulfil the obligation of India to furnish information regarding implementation of the Convention, being a Party.
  
  

In 2014, 2.6 billion tonnes of CC-2 equivalent of GHGs were emitted from all activities (excluding LULUCF) in India.Salient Features of India's Second BUR to UNFCCC:

The net national GHG emissions after including LULUCF were 2.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

• Out of the total emissions, energy sector accounted for 73%, IPPU 8%, agriculture 16% and waste sector 3%.
  
  
• About 12% of emissions were offset by the carbon sink action of forestland, cropland and settlements.