02013nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001100002000042700001400062700002400076700001600100700001700116700002100133700002200154700002300176245012500199856007200324300001000396490000700406520136800413022001401781       2017                            d1 aSujatha Byravan1 aMohd. Ali1 aMurali Ananthakumar1 aNihit Goyal1 aAmit Kanudia1 aPooja Ramamurthi1 aShweta Srinivasan1 aAnantha Paladugula00aQuality of life for all: A sustainable development framework for India s climate policy reduces greenhouse gas emissions  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082616310572  a48-580 v393 aThis study placed improving quality of life at the centre of India’s national climate policy and asked what happens to greenhouse gas emissions with such an approach. In the lead up to the Paris climate agreement in 2015, countries determined their contributions based on their priorities, contexts, and capabilities and prepared their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. Following the agreement, these became each country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Using bottom-up scenario analyses, the sectoral interventions modelled in this research demonstrate that it is possible to get close to achieving the country’s NDC targets while improving quality of life at the same time. A comparison of a Business-As-Usual (BAU) and a sustainable development (SD) pathway leading up to 2030 reveals that improvements in a range of sustainable development conditions are possible. These include reduction in air pollution, savings in water and land use, and savings in materials and resource requirements. These changes occur along with a nearly 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and a 25% reduction in primary energy compared with BAU. Emissions intensity in 2030 is reduced in the sustainable development pathway by 16% compared with that in 2012 and fossil-free sources are able to contribute to about a third of India’s electricity.  a0973-0826