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THEME PAPER

TOWARDS LOW CARBON CITIES

MR. A.K. JAIN Urban India is passing through for calculating and reporting
the Anthropocene, where humans citywide GHG emissions was
have permeated everywhere developed by WRI, C40 and
and shape everything leading ICLEI in 2015 as the Global
to increasing carbon footprints. Protocol for Community-
There are conflicts among Scale Greenhouse Gas
spatial disfranchisement and Emission Inventories.
sustainability due to chronic Building on consolidated
“Climate change mitigation peripheralization, increasing methodologies, this aims
generally involves reduction pollution, transport, energy and to overcome the challenges
water consumption. These impact
of data quality, analysis,
in emissions of greenhouse urban sustainability, climate and strategic action planning and
gases (GHGs). Mitigation disaster vulnerability. It needs implementation.
may also be achieved by relooking at the basics of urban
increasing the capacity of development and adoption of CARBON FOOTPRINT
carbon sinks, e.g., through circular concepts of the resources AND CLIMATE CHANGE
reforestation (IPCC 2007). and economy. In this pursuit, The carbon dioxide (CO2)
Adaptation to global the repertoire and urbanism is produced by the burning
warming seeks to reduce the must shift from fossil fuel era of fossil fuels. The research
vulnerability of biological to renewable era, digital and in 1967 determined that
systems to climate change circular systems, leapfrogging global average temperatures
effects (UNFCCC, 2010). in the areas of fourth industrial might increase by more than
revolution, big data analytics, the
Adaptive capacity is closely ubiquitous cloud and robotics, four degrees Fahrenheit if
linked to social and economic that would help in making the carbon dioxide levels were
development”. cities pollution free, green and not controlled. The book
‘The Population Bomb’ by
carbon negative. Paul R. Ehrlich in 1968 wrote
about the greenhouse effect
INTRODUCTION
mainly due to enlarged level
Carbon footprint is the of carbon dioxide, dust,
total set of greenhouse gas and other contaminants.
Key words: Carbon Foot print, Climate (GHG) emissions caused by In 1975 Scientist Charles
Change, Mitigation, adaptation, low an organisation, event or Bracker introduced the word
carbon life style, resilience. product. It is often expressed in “Climate Change”. In 1988
terms of the amount of carbon the United Nations founded
Mr. A.K. Jain (ak.jain6@gmail.com) is
former Commissioner (Planning), Delhi dioxide, or its equivalent of an Intergovernmental Panel
Development Authority, New Delhi. other GHGs, emitted. A tool on Climate Change (IPCC)

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