Category : Forest | Location : National | Posted on 2024-03-27 22:06:03
Indian forests are facing a silent crisis. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and deforestation are weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), a vital role in combating global warming. This poses a major threat to the country’s ambitious climate goal of creating “an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030”, as per its Nationally Determined Contributions, updated in August 2022.
