India has created 37 cr tonnes of CO2 equivalent: Javadekar
6 Dec 2015 4:25 AM IST
India has created a carbon sink of 37 crore tonnes of CO2 equivalent, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday as he asserted that it will achieve more than its INDC targets, a day before he is to leave for Paris for joining the high-level negotiations on reducing carbon emissions.
India’s recently submitted INDC’s has set a target to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes (250 crore) of CO2 equivalent in forests.
“In the past 24 months, 37 crore tonnes of CO2 equivalent carbon sink was created. We will achieve more than our INDC target which is to create 250 crore tonnes of CO2 equivalent carbon sink,” he said after releasing India State of Forest Report-2015, which estimated an increase of 21.34% and 24.36% in the forest and tree cover, respectively.
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