COP26: Unpacking India’s Major New Climate Targets
by , e -India made an eagerly awaited announcement of new climate action targets at the COP-26 summit in Glasgow. This included:
- Installing non-fossil fuel electricity capacity of 500 GW by 2030
- Sourcing 50% of energy requirement from renewables by 2030
- Reducing 1 billion tonnes of projected emissions from now till 2030
- Achieving carbon intensity reduction of 45% over 2005 levels by 2030
- Achieving net zero by 2070.
These new pledges go significantly beyond its current nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris...