What led to the Low Carbon Expert Group being constituted?
I think it’s quite clear that India realized it is vulnerable. It is in its great interest to have an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions, and from our own energy security point of view, there are many things we should do to move to low carbon growth. [We are interested in] whatever measures we can take that can stimulate and nudge the global community into a global agreement, are also in our interests. This leads us to examine the options, the costs, the alternatives, and the multiple benefits of moving to a low-carbon development pathway. What types of recommendations can we expect to emerge from the group, and how will this work differ from or connect to India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change? The National Action Plan outlines the long-term measures that we should take. It doesn’t have the required specificity in terms of what needs to be done, and we hope the low-carbon strategy will provide more detailed guidelines as to what measures can be taken. India has
