India Climate Dialogue Series | TOD: accelerating mitigation, reducing inequity

[@Nishn11]

TOD needs STP. If people are living near fields They use pits or toilet natural bio degradation. Plus grey water can be put into plants, that result in ground water recharge and nutrients for plants and trees. When trees grow the capture carbon from atmosphere.

[@ajitseshadri4304]

Q- TOD Co benefit ToD paradigm to promote all over. Our Metros need to evolve Waterways. EVs to be included for getting C credits. TOD at MP level need to be done Work with Market forces Brown field developmentvtake care TOD paradigm shift in planning not projects US copying Indian plans Seelampur crime bound to ...address People of NE Delhi.. use Metros.. have good houses. FIR is not related to citizens need Regularity frame work to be market and planning objectives..on TOD.. Q- Operationalise 4 points Teams for TOD Planning to improve Cost data to be transparent share with all Awareness to be done on TOD FIR Etc Move away from smallbpilots go forcTOD Cities soon TOD myths to bust no increase on FIRST Manic I Design density diversity.. Plan n designn implement needed Metros not used in some areas.. Ideally transport cannot be free.. Transit n planning to combine for evolving plans MPs.. mandate and budget.. 2'forces.. Well wishes to All

[@Nishn11]

"Our Metros need to evolve Waterways" - I disagree, If occurring naturally like coastal cities its fine. Making canals for water ways is bad. Because it will result in a lot of water evaporation. Because cities are hot. All cement and high rise, Surface for sun to heat is increased. Which will result in increase in humidity which will result in Increase use of Air conditioners. Our choices of will make difference. Prefer solar over everything else. Solar is best to cut down out emissions. In all urban planning solar must be the priority. at least 2kw for every home. Grow more trees, If you are in City have limited space grow bamboo, It take less space no branches. cut every 3 years it will grow again. Grey water management. Soap water have phosphates, Donot flush water in gutter. Use this water to grow trees. say bamboo. 50% of bamboo weight is carbon from Co2 in atmosphere. Reuse grey water in toilet flush.

[@Nishn11]

I donot agree with TOD approach. Some where we have to accept travel and travel will be fueled by fossil fuels. Travel is the foremost gift of Science and we have to accept it. We should only allow efficient transport. more km/co2 emission. This is the only focus we need on travel. Why prefer cng cars. CNG is found in nature trapped underground. This gas has a GWP of 28. if released in air it will cause a lot of global warming. This gas disintegrates into CO2 and H20 after 10 years in atmosphere. So it is preferable to use this gas for travel. Because by nature itself some day it will be released in atmosphere and converted into co2. Plus CNG vehicles give better millage so they are also efficient more Km/kg of Co2. My major concern is electricity. 1 unit of electricity production cost 820 grams of CO2 in India. Every home uses 300 units per months that is 3600. so that is 3600 x 0.82 = 2,952 kg CO2. and this can be mitigates easily by solar panel. Every single person has a phone and uses electricity. In a cluttered city implementing solar is not possible. No solar in apartments and high rise, and electricity demand for pumping water and other amenities is also high. 3rd our choices. Choose wooden furniture. Scientist say, wood has 50% carbon by its weight. Carbon is from co2 taken during photosynthesis by trees. Stop buying foam sofa or glass furniture. only wood. Scientist say afforestation is the best way to reduce carbon change. Cut trees then regrow them again. 4th Airconditioning is very bad for climate. Because air conditioning gas has very high GWP(global warming Potential). The best gas we have developed till now is r-32 and it has a global warming potential of 700. So a single leak is equivalent to 700 kg of Co2. For analogy same amount of CO2 will be released if a car travels 3000 km (that too most inefficient car 10km/lit) . A better gas is R-290 which has a GWP = 1. High rise are bad for climate. AC are bad for climate. Grow more trees.