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cOp26 in GlaSGOw

How will india meet its net zero

emission promise made to the

world by modi?

India urges the global community to make solar power the priority in

energy deployment at the COP26 climate summit

Our Bureau

GlaSGOw (uK)

caling up India’s ambitious
agenda to combat climate
Schange, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Monday
announced five “amrit tatva”
at the COP26 Summit includ-
ing the target to attain net-zero
emissions by 2070.
Delivering the National
Statement at the COP26 Sum-
mit in Glasgow, he said India
will increase its capacity of
non-fossil energy capacity to
500 GW and meet 50 per cent of
its energy requirements through
renewable energy by 2030. He
also said that India will make
one billion tonne reductions Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the session on ‘Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deploy-
in total projected carbon emis- ment, in Glasgow (ANI)
sions and reduce carbon intensi-
ty in its economy to less than 45
per cent by 2030. ro emissions,” he said. of 500 gigawatts and he is not Nationally Determined Con-
doing it under any pressure.
tribution (NDC) that reset in
“In the midst of this brain-
storming on climate change, I foreign secretary Harsh “The only pressure on him is 2015, if you see the rate of our
would like to present five ‘Am- the pressure of humanity the achieving those commitments
rit tatav’ on behalf of India,” he Vardhan shringla on tues- pressure of our own future, and made in 2015, there is every
said. “India will take its non-fos- day said that india’s new I think that is very, very import- reason to feel that at that rate
ant,” Shringla said in a briefing
sil energy capacity to 500 GW by target of net zero emis- about India’s National State- of achievement and the levels
at which our prime minister
2030. Second, India will meet 50
per cent of its energy require- sions by 2070, announced ment at the COP26 Summit has picked our commitments
in Glasgow. He further point-
ments from renewable energy at the 26th session of the ed out that India is not going on Monday, 2070 is something
that would be doable, and it is a
by 2030. Third, India will reduce
the total projected carbon emis- conference of parties to be pressurized, will not be commitment that is based, as I
sions by one billion tonnes by pressurized and has never been said on science, but also based
2030. Fourth, by 2030, India will (cop26) in Glasgow, is pressurized in any way. It is im- very specifically on the desire
reduce the carbon intensity of based on “scientific pro- portant that we are doing it of to contribute very significantly

its economy to less than 45 per jection”. our own volition. to the overall effort on climate
change.”
“I think it is also based on
cent. And fifth - by 2070, India scientific projection. If you see He also said that PM Mo-
will achieve the target of net-ze-
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