Analysing India’s Adaptability Towards Climate Action Goal Under SDGS

Abstract

Climate change is one of the global concerns affecting the entire ecosystem. To deal with this issue, United Nation adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, setting targets for 2030 and made uniformly applicable on both developed as well as developing countries. Amongst the 17 SDGs, 13^th goal calls for urgent action to combat climate change in India, as climate change is undermining the achievement of nearly all SDGs. However, SDGs were fixed leaving behind the unique capacity of nations and their socio-cultural and political heritage. As a result, a uniform goal in the form of SDGs is found to be unsuitable for India. The major challenge about the existing SDGs is that they talk about the goals rather than the empowerment to achieve the targets set by it. While SDGs have remained a goal for all the nations across the globe a crucial aspect of empowerment has been missing out from it. Therefore, the author will analyse this precise issue of SDGs and unique capacities of nations across the globe in specific the position of India. The author will further highlight the challenges in implementation of Climate action goal under SDGs within India and will recommend suggestions at the policy and execution level for the same.