Assessing the contribution of power and transport sectors to climate change in the state of Gujarat: GHG inventory and mitigation
Student name: Ms Jyoti Thomas
Guide: Dr Kamna Sachdeva
Year of completion: 2012
Host Organisation: Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Dr P.K. Singh
Abstract: Climate Change happens to be the gravest environmental threat faced by the human race today.
Climate Change impacts are unequivocal, especially because of its human implications and risks.
This study aims at analysing the status of climate change in the state of Gujarat, with emphasis
on the power and transportation sector. As a rapidly growing economy Gujarat has a gigantic
share in the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Also with its geographic position; a
very long coastline, seven different agro-climatic regions etc. it also bears brunt of climate
change impacts as well. For analysing this, the PSIR (Pressure-Status-Impact-Responses)
framework has been used. A GHG inventory has been prepared to analyse the pressures on the
climate system. Status has been deduced by analyzing the 100 year climate data, which includes
precipitation and mean, mean minimum and mean maximum temperatures respectively. Next, the
potential impacts of climate change have been analysed. Strategies, though with different
objectives, that eventually aid as responses to climate change have been documented. The
analysis of climate data shows that there has been temperature rise and an increase in
precipitation too, though very miniscule. Here mean temperatures have risen by 0.430C. The
power and transport sector together contribute a major proportion of the emissions from the
state. This is because these sectors heavily dependent on fossil fuels for their performance.
