Table 1 Description of the two GAINS model pathways and emission scenarios
From: Air pollution health and economic co-benefits of keeping warming below 2 °C in India
GAINS Pathways25 | Description |
|---|---|
Business-as-Usual (BAU) | Considers the socioeconomic, demographic, and the existing and planned air pollution control policies, measures, regulations that will resume in the future following the current practices. |
2°C Warming Scenario (2°C-WS) | The 2°C-WS pathway incorporates projections for energy consumption, the transformation of energy systems, and economic activities within the framework of devising strategies to keep the warming level below 2°C temperature increase by the year 2100. Furthermore, it assumes the complete implementation of advanced emission control technologies. |
Emission scenarios | Sectors |
Local vs regional contributions | Emissions from the state itself, from the neighboring states, from other states within India, from outside India or transboundary pollution, and natural sources. |
Sectoral contributions | Segregated into primary emissions (natural sources, power plants, industry, domestic, transport, waste, and biomass burning) and secondary PM2.5. |
