India has set itself the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2070, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday in Glasgow. “By 2070, India will achieve the goal of zero net carbon emissions”, he said in a speech given the day after the opening of the COP26 world climate conference in the United Kingdom. United.
The announcement of new climate targets for India, the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China, the United States and the European Union, was eagerly awaited. And the Prime Minister has specified other objectives aimed at combating global warming. India will thus increase by 2030 “its non-fossil energy capacities” from 50 GigaWatts to 500 GW, and by the same year it will provide 50% of its energy needs from renewable sources.
India’s Panchamrut that will power our fight against climate change. pic.twitter.com/H6kV7IlCd4
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 2, 2021
Reduce emissions from the rail network by 60 million tonnes per year
“By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 45%,” Narendra Modi also said, increasing its initial pledges to reduce its CO2 emissions relative to GDP by 10 percentage points, compared to 2005. In the area of transport, the Prime Minister of India gave an example of a figure: “Each year, more passengers than the world population use the Indian rail network. This huge rail system has set itself the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, an initiative that will reduce emissions by 60 million tonnes per year. “
The country’s “LED Bulb” program reduces annual emissions by 40 million tonnes, he said. The Paris agreement at the end of COP21 in 2015 referred to the objective of “balancing” greenhouse gas emissions and absorption “during the second half of the century”. Under pressure from the UN, more and more countries are committing to carbon neutrality, most for 2050, a few for 2060 or 2045.