India along with Government of United Kingdom launched new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency under the Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) – Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative (IDDI) co-ordinated by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation), at the 12th Chief Energy Ministerial (CEM) hosted by Chile

The IDDI initiative is supported by Canada and Germany and more countries are expected to join it in the future. The IDDI aims to introduce eco-friendly technologies and promote demand for low-carbon industrial material.

The Clean Energy Ministerial is a global forum for advancement of green technology and transition to green economy across the world.

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Sustainable development can be defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

A carbon footprint corresponds to the whole amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) produced to, directly and indirectly, support a person’s lifestyle and activities. Carbon footprints are usually measured in equivalent tons of CO2, during the period of a year, and they can be associated with an individual, an organization, a product or an event, among others.

Climate change describes a change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time.

Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere.

Anthropogenic: It is related to the influence of human beings or their ancestors on natural objects. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide is that portion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is produced directly by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels rather than by such processes as respiration and decay.

Carbon dioxide is the most commonly produced greenhouse gas. Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It is one method of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the goal of reducing global climate change.