Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) : An Imperative to Reach Net Zero - By Chandrakant Singh

India is signatory to the Paris Agreement under which it has committed to restrict global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, over pre-industrial levels. Guided by this commitment, Indian government over the past few years has introduced multiple policies and actions to support and facilitate CCUS technologies across power and industries to reduce carbon emission and thereby reach net zero emission targets.

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries needed to prepare and submit two kinds of climate action plans — one for the short term, and another for long-term.

The short-term climate action plans, also called Nationally ....