{"id":42316,"date":"2025-04-29T21:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=42316"},"modified":"2025-04-29T21:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:06:19","slug":"greenhouse-gases-emissions-intensity-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/29-04-2025\/greenhouse-gases-emissions-intensity-targets","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the draft Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GEI refers to the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted per unit of product output (e.g., per tonne of cement or aluminium).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GHGs include <strong>carbon dioxide (CO\u2082), methane (CH\u2084), nitrous oxide (N\u2082O), ozone (O\u2083), and water vapour<\/strong>, along with synthetic gases like <strong>chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GEI is measured in <strong>tonnes of CO\u2082 equivalent (tCO\u2082e),<\/strong> a standard unit accounting for the global warming potential of all GHGs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Draft GEI target Rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The emissions intensity targets, with 2023\u201324 as the baseline year and <strong>2025\u201326 and 2026\u201327 as the target years<\/strong>, aim at the gradual reduction of emissions intensity to promote low-carbon industrial growth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The draft rules <strong>target 282 industrial units<\/strong> across four highly energy-intensive sectors: 13 aluminium plants, 186 cement plants, 53 pulp and paper plants, and 30 chlor-alkali plants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alignment with National Climate Goals:<\/strong> It supports India&#8217;s commitment to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by <strong>45% by 2030<\/strong> compared to 2005 levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Government Initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme<\/strong> was initiated in the year <strong>2012<\/strong> and is a market-based mechanism aimed to improve energy efficiency in energy-intensive industries by notifying specific energy consumption reduction targets to industries (called Designated Consumers or DCs).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), 2023 <\/strong>provides a platform to generate, trade, and utilise carbon credits. The entities that reduce emissions below targets can sell surplus credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Carbon Markets<\/strong><br>&#8211; Carbon markets are systems designed to place a price on carbon emissions and create economic incentives for emission reduction, also known as <strong>\u2018carbon credits\u2019.<\/strong><br>&#8211; A carbon credit is a kind of tradable permit that, per <strong>United Nations standards, <\/strong>equals one tonne of carbon dioxide removed, reduced, or sequestered from the atmosphere.<br>&#8211; Under <strong>Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol,<\/strong> countries with surplus emission allowances can sell them to those exceeding their targets, creating an international carbon market.<br><strong>Voluntary Offsets<\/strong><br>&#8211; Voluntary offsets refer to <strong>measures undertaken by private individuals<\/strong>, including afforestation, that can trap carbon dioxide as commercial projects.\u00a0<br>&#8211; These too generate carbon credits and companies sell them, internationally as of now, to those that require them to meet the compliance regulations.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concluding remarks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The draft GEI Target Rules mark a significant step in transitioning India\u2019s industrial sector toward low-carbon development.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By combining mandatory targets with a market-driven approach, India is aligning environmental sustainability with economic efficiency \u2014 a crucial balance for achieving its climate ambitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/emissions-intensity-targets-9971470\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the draft Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">GEI refers to the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted per unit of product output (e.g., per tonne of cement or aluminium).<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">GHGs include carbon dioxide (CO\u2082), methane (CH\u2084), nitrous oxide (N\u2082O), ozone (O\u2083), and water vapour, along with synthetic gases like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/29-04-2025\/greenhouse-gases-emissions-intensity-targets\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42328,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42316\/revisions\/42328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}