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SPECIAL ESSAY
Climate change —

problems and solutions

b y Armin Rosencran , Siddhanth Prasad and Ab hiroop Chowdhury
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Environment and Sustainab ility, O .P. J indal Glo al U niversity, Sonipat, H aryana)
W e m us t m ak e d e e p e f f orts to Global te m pe rature is 1 . 2 d e gre e C e ls ius N ucle ar s s ociation’ s C oope ration in Re actor
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D e s ign E v aluation and L ice ns ing ( C O RD E L )
abov e re cord s ince the ind us trial re v olution. I t
d e carboniz e , both to m ak e
is pre d icte d that if the global av e rage w arm ing
W ork ing Group and the O E C D N ucle ar
he ad w ay agains t the clim ate
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cris is and av oid irre parable
le ad to a los s of $ 6 trillion in pre s e nt v alue
E v aluation Program m e ( MD E P) , e ns ure
harm to our e conom y , s ocie ty , and civ ilis ation. incre as e s by m ore than 3 ° C by 2 0 7 0 , it can E ne rgy ge ncy ’ s ( N E A ’ s ) Multinational D e s ign
I n v ie w of the ge ne ral cons e ns us on this is s ue te rm s by 2 0 5 0 , w hich w ill be 6 % of I nd ia’ s re actor s af e ty d uring ins tallation of any nucle ar
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– w hich has e x is te d f or ne arly thre e d e cad e s GD P in 2 0 5 0 . he re is a hope w ith s ubs tantial pow e r unit. ill d ate about 3 . 2 % of I nd ia’ s
now - it is alarm ing that w e hav e not y e t tak e n e m is s ion re d uction nation can hav e an e ne rgy is prod uce d f rom nucle ar s ource s . 3
corre ctiv e action. e conom ic gain of $ 1 1 trillion by 2 0 7 0 . E le ctric v e hicle s are the f uture of clim ate
How e v e r alarm ing the s tatus - q uo m ay O ne of the m aj or s ource of Gre e n Hous e change m anage m e nt s trate gy in the
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be , it is any thing but s urpris ing. o e x plain, Gas s e s ( GHG) e m is s ion is trans portation trans port s e ctor s tud y ind icate s that E V ’ s
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le t’ s cons id e r the cas e of the carbon tax . and e ne rgy s e ctor re port ind icate s that are 9 % m ore e x pe ns iv e than hy d rocarbon
L arge ly pus he d by e conom is ts as the m os t d uring 2 0 1 9 , 2 9 % of e m is s ions is ge ne rate d d riv e n v e hicle s but re s ult in 2 9 % le s s
efficient method to control emissions, it has by trans port s e ctor w hile e ne rgy s e ctor e m is s ions . Maj ority of E U countrie s giv e
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s truggle d in the re al w orld to gain acce ptance . contribute d to 2 5 % at U S . A 2 0 1 4 re port bonus or ince ntiv e s on E V purchas e s . I nd ia
T he proble m is not that the e conom ic policy ind icate d that I nd ia’ s GHG f ootprint w as 3 ,2 0 2 prov id e s about 1 . 5 L ak h I N R s ubs id y on E V
ad v is ors are w rong in the ory , but that s om e m illion m e tric tonne s C O 2 e q uiv ale nt, of w hich purchas e s . 4
of the m are uns e e ing to the re al- w orld the e ne rgy s e ctor contribute s 6 8 . 7 pe r ce nt. E conom ic ins titutions acros s the globe are
cons traints on rational policy m ak ing. Diversifying the energy production acce pting the e nv ironm e ntal cons cious ne s s
in the w ak e of the global clim ate change
T he carbon tax is d e e ply unpopular am ong and adopting ‘Electrical vehicles’ can be catas trophe . I t is cre ating an e m ploy m e nt
an effective solution to tackle the current
the e le ctorate . Much of the re s e ntm e nt climate change impacts. v acuum w he re e m ploy e rs w ill be re q uiring
com e s f rom the ne gativ e popular re action to e nv ironm e ntalis ts and s us tainable
I nd ia’ s e ne rgy prod uction is large ly
the w ord ‘ tax ’ . W hate v e r its bas is , a rational d e pe nd e nt on the rm al pow e r w hich accounts d e v e lopm e nt e x pe rts w ho can und e rs tand
politician w ould d o w e ll to ack now le d ge s uch f or about 7 0 % of prod uce d e le ctricity , w hich the com ple x e nv ironm e ntal is s ue s and can
s e ntim e nts . o d o othe rw is e w ould be to ris k is als o a m aj or contributor to GHG e m is s ions . e nv is ion an e f f e ctiv e s olution.
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e le ctoral d e cim ation. O n the othe r hand , N ucle ar te chnologie s Mod e rn d ay e nv ironm e nt and s us tainability
T he longe r e nv ironm e ntalis ts tak e to are s af e r, gre e ne r and can prod uce m ore prof e s s ionals ne e d to hav e a holis tic
re cognis e that policy m ak ing is not s ole ly af f ord able e ne rgy . he cos t bud ge t of an und e rs tand ing of e nv ironm e ntal is s ue s
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bas e d on re as on or logic, the e as ie r the y e ne rgy prod ucing unit is e s tim ate d through through m ulti- d is ciplinary le ns e s of s cie nce ,
m ak e it f or uns crupulous but cle v e r oppone nts le v e liz e d cos t of e le ctricity ( L C O E ) , includ ing policy , hum anitie s , law and gov e rnance . he
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of clim ate action to d e lay change . total cos t of e le ctricity prod uce d by the s tation global cris is re q uire s change m ak e rs and
Rampant forest fires, frequent natural af te r includ ing the incurre d cos t of ope rations , m od e rn e nv ironm e ntal, s us tainable e d ucation
d is as te rs along the coas tline s , inte ns iv e build ing, m ainte nance and w as te d is pos al f or e nabling y outh w ith the s k ills and practical
draught and desertification is destabilizing inv e s tm e nts f or the lif e tim e of the unit. L C O E e x pe rie nce s .
the global e cology , liv e s and liv e lihood of of any nucle ar pow e r unit is alm os t e q ual The Jindal School of Environment and
billions . E nv ironm e nt, clim ate change re q uire s to that of the rm al pow e r s tations d ue the ir Sustainability (JSES) is the first inter-
s us tainable s olutions . C lim ate s ituations are m ore pow e r prod uction and low m ainte nance disciplinary environment & sustainability
w ors e ning d ay by d ay . E v e n w ith a cooling capabilitie s . Re ce nt ge ne ration I I I + re actors school in India and follows the ideology of
L a N iñ a e v e nt, and ongoing pand e m ic, 2 0 2 0 hav e be tte r s af e ty s tand ard re d ucing empowering youth with multi-disciplinary
w as one of the thre e w arm e s t y e ar in re cord ins tance s of rad iation le ak by 1 6 0 0 tim e s if environmental education to serve as real world
w ith 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 2 0 be ing the w arm e s t d e cad e . com pare d to the ge ne ration I s y s te m s . W orld advocates of environmental change.
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1 F E Bure au. C lim ate C hange : I nd ia May Se e L os s of $ 6 rillion by 2 0 5 0 ; op 5 Se ctors to Be Mos t Hit ccount f or ov e r 8 0 % of GD P, 5 Se pt. 2 0 2 1 , https : / / w w w .
financialexpress.com/economy/climate-change-india-may-see-loss-of-6-trillion-by-2050-top-5-sectors-to-be-most-hit-account-for-over-80-of-gdp/2323918/.
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2 ( “ Source s of Gre e nhous e Gas E m is s ions | U S E P ” )
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3 Bure au, N e w s . “ How N ucle ar E ne rgy C an Prov id e Solution o I nd ia’ s Pow e r D e m and . ” BP N e w s L I V E , L ate s t N e w s , Bre ak ing N e w s , op He ad line s , I nd ia N e w s
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4 Qiao, Qinyu, et al. “Life Cycle Cost and GHG Emission Benefits of Electric Vehicles in China.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment,
E ls e v ie r BV , Se pt. 2 0 2 0 , p. 1 0 2 4 1 8 . C ros s re f , d oi: 1 0 . 1 0 1 6 / j . trd . 2 0 2 0 . 1 0 2 4 1 8 .
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