Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement: India

The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Paris in November and December 2015. 195 participating countries negotiated and adopted the Paris Agreement, which includes objectives to peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, to limit the global average temperature increase above pre-industrial levels to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C. 
The Paris Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November 2016, requires Parties to put forward their best efforts through “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs). These NDCs represent targets and actions for the post-2020 period. India ratified its'contribution the 2 of October 2016.  
India's first NDC includes targets:

  - to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35% from 2005 levels by 2030.
  - to achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology and low cost international fice including from Green Climate Fund (GCF).
  - to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
  - to better adapt to climate change by enhancing investments in development programmes in sectors vulnerable to climate change, particularly agriculture, water resources, Himalayan region, coastal regions, health and disaster management.

 
The sectors covered by the NDC are: Energy, Transport, Industry, Agriculture, LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry) and Waste.

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