Context: India should refrain from joining the global game of declaring carbon neutrality, as it has to stay focused on development as its immediate need and aspirational goal.
Recent thrust towards Carbon Neutrality:
Issues with the thrust towards Carbon Neutrality: A three-way compatibility between temperature goals, carbon neutrality, and equity is not guaranteed.
Way forward: India’s approach to eventual net-zero emissions is contingent on deep first world emissions re ductions and an adequate and un ambiguous global carbon budget. It should not join the carbon neutrality trend for a number of reasons -