Policy Brief

Will India attain its forestry NDC target of achieving 2.5–3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030?

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka
| Dr Subhash Ashutosh

India's forestry NDC target is ambitious and therefore requires a well framed-strategy and a holistic approach to be accomplished. This policy brief presents an analysis of the impending challenges and summarizes the possible recommendations and a road map for meeting the NDC goals by 2030.

Innovative financial mechanisms to achieve additional 2.5–3.0 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree cover in India by 2030

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Syed Arif Wali
| Dr Priyanka

India's forestry funds require a considerable increase in their allocation, along with other immediate reform in the forestry sector, to achieve the nation's forestry Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) target. This policy brief underlines the challenges in achieving the ambitious target of forestry NDCs while laying down recommendations and a roadmap focusing on the need for innovative financial mechanisms.

Scope and potential of coastal ecosystem towards mitigating climate change

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka
| Ms Aparna Tyagi

The key role of blue carbon in mitigating climate change through coastal ecosystem habitats remains unrecognized and unutilized. This policy brief aims to assess this carbon sequestration and mitigation potential of coastal ecosystems for India to achieve its forestry NDC target.

Designing the methodology to establish minimum support prices of trees grown outside forests

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Yogesh Gokhale
| Ms Priya Sharma
| Ms Aparna Tyagi

Agroforestry systems in India have the potential of achieving two-thirds of the forestry sector's NDC targets. This policy brief aims at analysing the status, potential and needs of agroforestry in India and the benefits of providing MSP to farmers for the timber they produce.

Baseline and quantification of sequestration of 2.5–3 billion tonne of CO2e by 2030

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka

The present study focuses on analysing the gaps and challenges in attaining the desired NDC goal of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree covers through forestry, and summarize the possible recommendations and a road map for achieving the same.

Estimation of the current emission and sequestration, as well as future potential of sequestration/emission reduction to achieve land degradation neutrality in India

11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Reena Singh
| Dr Priyanka
| Mr Siddharth S Edake
| Mr Yatish A Lele
| Dr Sangram Keshari Lenka

Understanding carbon sequestration potential of land use sectors is crucial for India to achieve its NDC target under forestry by 2030. This policy brief aims to do this by providing a detailed perspective on CO2 emission status of different land use sectors in India.

Carbon finance: Solution for mitigating human–wildlife conflict in and around critical tiger habitats of India

29 Jan 2020
| Mr Yatish A Lele
| Mr Jitendra Vir Sharma

Our study in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh indicates to the fact that use of Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCBS) approach to generate carbon finance can yield 8 times more finance than just considering the aspect of carbon sequestration.