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India’s climate pledges
August 17 , 2022
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- India has ratified pledges made by India in Glasgow to accelerate India’s reliance on renewable energy to power the economy and be effectively fossil fuel-free by 2070.
- However, the approved pledges were fewer than those India committed to.
Five commitments
- That India would increase its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW (gigawatt) by 2030.
- India would meet 50% of its energy requirements from “renewable energy” by 2030.
- It would reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now till 2030.
- India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by more than 45% by 2030 from 2005 level.
- India will achieve the target of “Net Zero,” by the year 2070, namely, that there would be no net carbon dioxide emitted from energy sources.
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