India’s second national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Government of India attaches great importance to climate change issues. The Convention aims at stabilizing the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at safer levels that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Eradication of poverty, avoiding risks to food production, and sustainable development are three integrated principles deeply embedded in the Convention. Information provided in the present national communication, is according to the guidelines stipulated for Parties not included in Annex I to the UNFCCC.