India and Pakistan's mitigation laws and policies within the energy sector

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1.0, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (Center for International Studies and Diplomacy), course: Climate Change Law and Policy, language: English, abstract: This essay will compare and contrast India and Pakistan's climate change laws and policies of approximately the last decade regarding three kinds of targets that are attributed high weight in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Greenhouse gas emission reduction, emission intensity and efficiency as well as renewable energy (RE). This focus on mitigation efforts rather than adaptation efforts has been chosen since emerging economies are predicted to be 'by far the most important source of future emission growth'. Linked to this, the two states' main sources of emissions - their electricity and energy sectors - will be discussed throughout the essay. Overall, it is argued that despite similar starting points, India's emission-related policies have grown more ambitious in recent years, compared to those of Pakistan - but both countries' efforts still fall short of combatting climate change sufficiently.

[English version below] Max Schmidt hat kürzlich sein Studium an der Universität Leipzig mit zwei Bachelor-Abschlüssen in Soziologie und Politikwissenschaft abgeschlossen. Ein Austauschjahr an der University of Edinburgh sowie ein Praktikum bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Pretoria, Südafrika, erweiterten seine Interessengebiete zusätzlich. Als Student des MSc Research for International Development an der School of Oriental and African Studies University of London spezialisiert er sich auf Themen an der Schnittstelle von politischer Ökonomie, Energie- und Klimapolitik sowie sozialer Ungleichheit, insbesondere in Sub-Sahara-Afrika. Schlüsselwörter: Energiepolitik; Forschungsmethoden; Internationale Entwicklung; Klimakrise; Klimapolitik; politische Ökonomie; Sub-Sahara-Afrika; Südafrika; Statistik Max Schmidt recently completed his studies at the University of Leipzig with two bachelor degrees in sociology and political science. An exchange year at the University of Edinburgh and an internship at the German Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, further expanded his areas of interest. As a postgraduate student of the MSc Research for International Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, he specializes in topics at the intersection of political economy, climate policy and energy policy as well as social inequality, particularly in Sub-Sahara-Africa. Keywords: climate crisis; climate policy; energy policy; international development; political economy; research methods; South Africa; statistics; Sub-Sahara-Africa