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India will achieve net-zero target by 2070: PM Modi at COP26 in Glasgow
Glasgow/IBNS: India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday while spelling out India's five-fold commitment to combat the climate crisis.
Delivering the National Statement at the @COP26 Summit in Glasgow. https://t.co/SdKi5LBQNM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 1, 2021
"First - India will reach its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030," he said.
"Second - India will meet 50 percent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030," he said.
"Third - India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030," the PM said.
"Fourth - By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy to less than 45 percent," he said.
"And fifth - by 2070, India will achieve the target of net-zero," he added.
Net-zero emission, a balance where emissions of greenhouse gases that raise the globe's temperature continue but are neutralised by an equivalent amount taken out of the atmosphere.
Experts consider net-zero emission targets critical to tackling the climate crisis successfully.
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