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THEME PAPER
INDIA’S G20 LEADERSHIP AND
SUSTAINABLE HABITAT
A.K. JAIN G20 India Presidentship offers a and urbanisation are affecting
unique opportunity to share the rich
the micro-climate and human
experience of India in the habitat health.
sector, and to learn from the member
countries. The paper addresses the India is the third largest
Urban 20 issues and approaches for emitter of CO , of which 73%
2
climate sensitive and sustainable comes from energy sector and
“The cornerstone of making a habitat planning. 63% from electricity generated
city resilient and low carbon from fossil fuels. India is
is to adopt a circular lifecycle INTRODUCTION also vulnerable to natural
approach. It entails an In 2030, India is expected disasters, floods and about
integrated approach towards to be the most populated 33% of its land is affected by
the nature (climate, greens country, with over 1.5 billion desertification or degradation.
and low carbon), the people inhabitants, over a sixth of This needs a renewed focus
(socio-economic, circular world’s population. India on human wellbeing, secure
economy, culture, education, will have the world’s largest jobs, infrastructure and
workforce and the world’s
health, mobility, community third largest economy. conservation of environment
participation) and fourth The ongoing process of for a sustainable and
integrated development.
industrial revolution (digital urbanisation is vital for
planning, smart, intelligent economic growth, as 70% In response to a 2022 Report
and interconnected processes, of new jobs will be created on the climate crisis, compiled
SCADA, block chain, discreet in cities, putting pressure by 270 researchers from 67
optimisation, algorithm, AI, on infrastructure and the countries, Antanio Guterres,
big data, etc.”. environment. The cities in UN Secretary General stated
India are facing the challenges that the Report is ‘an atlas of
of pollution, water and energy human suffering and a damning
shortages, jobs, climate indictment of failed climate
change, transportation, and leadership. With fact upon
utilities. Climate change fact, it reveals how people and
has become an imminent planet are getting clobbered by
reality with a rise in global climate change’. The UN 2019
Key Words: G20, Sustainable temperatures, changes in Global Status Report for
Development, Climate Change, rainfall, floods, droughts Building and Construction
Circular economy, AI
and intense heat waves. Sector states that these sectors
The increasing emissions, account for 36% of energy use
Mr. A. K. Jain (ak.jain6@gmail.com) and 39% of carbon dioxide
is a Former Commissioner (Planning), heat, fossil fuel usage for
Delhi Development Authority transportation and electricity, (CO ) emissions, 11% of
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