This paper published in Current Science analyses the improvements made in greenhouse gases (GHG) inventory estimation reported in the Initial National Communication by India to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) with respect to the earlier published estimates and highlights the strengths, the gaps that still exist and the future challenges for inventory refinement.
Climate change arising due to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since the pre-industrial times has emerged as a serious global environmental issue and poses a threat and challenge to mankind. The UNFCC enjoins upon the Parties to the Convention to protect the climate system according to their common, but differentiated responsibilities. The parties to the convention are also required to report to the convention on a regular basis, a comprehensive and comparable inventory of anthropogenic greenhouse gases and the steps taken to protect the climate. Read More
