New Delhi: Scaling up India's ambitious agenda to combat climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced five "amrit tatva" at the COP26 Summit including the target to attain net-zero emissions by 2070.
Delivering the National Statement at the COP26 Summit 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 reduction in total projected carbon emissions and reduce carbon intensity in its economy to less than 45 per cent by 2030.
"In the midst of this brainstorming on climate change, I would like to present five "Amrit tatav" on behalf of India," he said.
PM Modi described them as "panchamrit ki saugat".
"India will take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. Second, India will meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030. Third, India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030. Fourth, by 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy to less than 45 per cent. And fifth - by 2070, India will achieve the target of net-zero emissions," he said.
Here are the updates on PM Modi's visit to G20 and COP26 Climate Summit:
Nov 01, 2021 22:54 (IST)
It would be an appropriate justice to create pressure on the nations that don't meet their own promises of climate finance: PM Narendra Modi addresses COP26 World Leaders' Summit in Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 01, 2021 22:51 (IST)
India expects developed nations to make climate finance of 1 Trillion dollars available at the earliest. Today it's important to track climate finance just like we track the progress of climate mitigation: PM Narendra Modi at COP26 World Leaders' Summit in Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 01, 2021 22:33 (IST)
India constitutes 17% of global population and India's contribution to the emission has only been 5%. But today, the entire world admits that India is the only major economy which has delivered on Paris agreements in letter and spirit: PM Modi at COP26
Nov 01, 2021 22:32 (IST)
Third, India will cut down its net projected carbon emission by 1 billion ton from now until 2030. Fourth, by 2030 India will bring down carbon intensity of its economy by more than 45%. Fifth, by 2070 India will achieve the target of 'net zero': PM Modi
Nov 01, 2021 22:24 (IST)
World today admits that lifestyle has a major role in climate change. I propose one word movement before all of you. This word is LIFE which means Lifestyle for Environment. Today, it's needed that all of us come together and take forward LIFE as a movement: PM Modi
Nov 01, 2021 22:24 (IST)
India working very hard on tackling climate change related issues: PM Modi at Glasgow COP26 Summit
Nov 01, 2021 21:14 (IST)
From sources of drinking water to affordable housing, all need to be made resilient against climate change: PM Modi at COP26
Nov 01, 2021 21:13 (IST)
Just like in India, climate is a big challenge for agriculture sector for most developing countries. There are changes in the cropping patterns, untimely rains/floods, or crops are destroyed by regular typhoons: PM Modi at COP26
Nov 01, 2021 21:13 (IST)
Adaptation has not received the kind of importance in global climate debate that mitigation has. This is an injustice to those developing nations that are more impacted by climate change: PM Modi at COP26
