National Action Plan on Climate Change Launched By India

India on Monday unveiled its climate change action plan which does not set target reduction of greenhouse gas emissions but seeks to promote sustainable development through use of clean technologies.
The National Action Plan on Climate Change categorically states that India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions will "at no point exceed that of developed countries."
 According to UN data, per-capita emissions of carbon dioxide, in India, were 1.2 tonnes in 2004, compared with 20.6 tonnes for the United States for the same year. India is not yet required to cut emissions as it is a developing nation, under the Kyoto Protocol. But it is facing mounting pressure from environmental groups and industrialized nations.
Under the plan India will focus mainly on following areas;

• Solar Energy
• Enhanced Energy Efficiency
• Sustainable Habitat
• Conserving Water
• Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
• A “Green India”
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Strategic Knowledge Platform for Climate Change

The document underlines that "India will engage actively in multilateral negotiations in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in a positive, constructive and forward-looking manner.". The Prime Minister Singh also clarified that the National Action Plan would evolve and aims to further improve the various elements of the Plan. He concluded by recalling Mahatma Gandhi’s advice: “The earth has enough resources to meet the needs of people, but will never have enough to serve their greed”.