Officials said in a report submitted to the United Nations that india has been successful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. India's emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen faster than expected in 14 years amid an increase in renewable energy production and forest cover, according to a confidential report submitted to the United Nations by two officials. These two officials had secretly assessed and submitted reports on greenhouse gas emissions in India. The points in the report make it clear that india is demonstrating its commitment to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). india has pledged to reduce emissions by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030. There has been a decline in India's gas emissions relative to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). According to a study conducted by officials for the preparation of the Third National Communication (TNC), there has been a decrease of 33% from 2005 to 2019.
Many countries are preparing their TNC reports to inform the UNFCCC about the actions they have taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The average rate of decline in India's greenhouse gas emissions during 2016-2019 was an increase of 3% per annum. It was only 1.5 percent during 2014-2016. Thus it is the fastest decline till date. Even though conventional fuels have gained a crucial place in India's energy mix, the government has been encouraging the use of renewables on a large scale, but there has been a rapid decline in greenhouse gas emissions. A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions should help india ease pressure from developed nations to phase out coal, an official said. A significant increase in forest cover, schemes to promote the production of non-fossil or non-conventional fuels and emission targets in the industrial, automotive and energy sectors have led to a drastic reduction in India's greenhouse gas emissions.
According to 2019 statistics, forests and trees cover a total of 24.56 percent or 80.73 million hectares of land in India. Recently india is also trying to promote green hydrogen. It is trying to promote the production of hydrogen by splitting water molecules using renewable energy. Hydro, nuclear and renewable fuels accounted for 25.3 percent of India's total electricity generation in the fiscal year ended march this year, according to data from the Central Government's electricity Authority. The proportion of these was 24.6 percent three years ago. Now thermal power stations are providing 73 percent of the electricity consumption. Its rate was 75 percent in 2019.
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