Climate Change

India Unveils Climate Change Plan - The Guardian 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/02/india-pledges-40-percent-electricity-renewables-2030

''World’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter says it will source 40% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources, ahead of Paris climate summit''
A few months before the Paris climate conference India has come up with a goal which they wish to achieve by the year 2030. They wish to decrease their dependance upon the use of fossil fuels by 40%. They wish to replace this use of fossil fuels with natural energy and methods which do not release CO2. Therefore as their population is expected to rise from 1.2 million to 1.5 million by the year of 2030, their gas emissions do not increase drastically with that. Hence they will help lower the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.

''It is the last major economy, following 140 other countries including China, the US and the EU, to submit a climate change plan to the UN before international talks to reach a deal on tackling global warming in Paris this December.'' Being the last country to come up with their plan for the future, we can assume that India was in fact having a hard time trying to come up with a deal which would benefit their country as well as the whole planet. We can assume that India heavily depends on the use of fossil fuels to drive their economy forward, hence coming up with a way to give up the use of fossil fuels and at the same time move forward as an economy was hard for them.

'' Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), focuses on clean energy, including solar power, which the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has already strongly backed. It also promised to plant more forests by 2030 to absorb carbon emissions.''  India has recognized the fact that just decreasing their use of fossil fuels will only postpone the speed at which our planet is warming up, therefore they have presented their plan of planting trees to not only help decrease the rise of greenhouse gasses but to try and decrease their levels overall.

COP21: India signals willingness to cut coal for climate cash- BBC news http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34989719

''Dr Ajay Mathur said coal would be restricted if there was help to pay for "more expensive" green energy.''

India has made their wishes very clear at the cop21, they are more than willing to contribute to the global warming crisis, decrease their fossil fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions, provided that they are given sufficient capital to drive their economy forward. With the large increase in their population they count on the development of their country. 

''India's need for coal is driven by the huge numbers who do not have electricity, estimated to be around 300 million people.'' As I have mentioned earlier, India's main reason behind the use of material such as coal is the need for development. Even though the price of solar energy had decreased by a large amount, it is still believed to be twice as expensive as coal. Therefore India has proposed to stop the burning of coal if they get sufficient funds for renewable energy. They say that if they had the money, they would rely much more on wind and sola power than on cheap resources such a s coal.