India on Thursday announced its much awaited post-2020 'climate action plan' promising to reduce emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030 over the 2005 levels, boost clean energy in electricity generation to 40% while adding carbon sinks — tree and forest cover to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — amounting to 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2. In keeping with its position that India's development needs cannot be delayed, there is no commitment to a 'peaking year' as to when emissions will be capped and there are no sector specific targets. Instead, India has outlined a plan to reduce emission intensity which is the ratio of greenhouse gases to GDP or emission per unit GDP. India has argued that it cannot be compared to China, despite roughly similar population sizes, as its per capita emissions are much lower. India specifically plans to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 - 35% by 2030 from 2005 level (representing a 75% jump in ambition over 2020). It plans to avoid emissions by 3.59 billion tonne of CO2 equivalent over BAU.
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