India's gaps in Decent Living
World Bank poverty line
Health
Living conditions
Education
Information & communication
Further reading
- Rao N & Min J (2017). Decent Living Standards: material prerequisites for human wellbeing. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-17-005
India's energy requirements for 100% Decent Living
Buildout energy (in Exajoule)
Maintenance energy (in Exajoule)
Further reading
- Rao N & Baer P (2012). "Decent Living" emissions: A conceptual framework. Sustainability 4 (4): 656-681. DOI:10.3390/su4040656.
- Min J, ND Rao (2017 forthcoming), Estimating uncertainty in household energy footprints, J. of Ind. Ecology
India's emissions projections
Projections of emissions associated with human progress based on different indicators, based on the historical relationship between energy growth and each development indicator, allowing for technology-driven efficiency improvements. It shows that achieving human development is likely to be less carbon-intensive than overall economic growth in the long-term, but we still need more growth to achieve a decent standard of human development.
Note that here we assume that any allowance for India's 'fair share' of emissions would involve financial compensation, rather than higher emissions.
Life expectancy: likely emissions associated with achieving an aggregative life expectancy of 70 and 72 years respectively.
Basic needs: likely emissions associated with providing 84 and 90 % of Indians with basic needs respectively. Basic needs include adequate nutrition, primary education, low infant mortality, and access to electricity, water and sanitation.
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GDP: total emissions in India for a GDP growth rate of 6.5 % per year.
Climate: cost-efficient scenario of emissions in a world where global warming is limited to 2 C by the end of the century with a 50:50 chance.
Further reading
- Lamb, W., ND Rao. Human development in a climate constrained world: what the past says about the future, Global Environmental Change, 33, 14-22