10.1 Development of National Guidelines & Policy Options for reducing GHG Emissions

The national guidelines or framework for monitoring GHG emissions and policy options for reducing GHG should emphasize not only on issues associated with climate change but also include the following:

· emission forecasting
· setting goals
· policy criteria
· policy evaluation
· organizational and political issues

Climate change and GHG emission and sequestration span many sectors of society and extend far into the future. Furthermore, policy measures to address GHGs overlap with many other public policy objectives, often in a complimentary way. Policy formulations can be a complex undertaking that involves understanding the issues at hand, envisioning the range of actions that governments can take to address those issues, and selecting from within this rage the approaches that offer the most potential far achieving multiple public goals. The policy formulation process must respond to local circumstances and must fit within institutional, fiscal, political, and other constraints. The presence of uncertainties, diverse economic sectors, and long lag times between emissions and effects, as well as, the political sensitivity associated with the climate change issue, further complicates actions to reduce GHG emissions. The Govt. of India has nevertheless addressed a large number of local and regional environmental issues in its developmental strategy that are complementary to the climate change issue.

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