COP26: PM Modi targets net zero emissions in India by 2070
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pledged 2070 as the year for India to achieve the “Net Zero” commitment, adding another twenty years to the rich nations’ aspiration of reaching such a milestone by the middle of the 21st century.
The Prime Minister’s announcement of becoming carbon neutral by 2070 at the 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Glasgow showed India’s ambition when it comes to fighting climate change despite being a developing country, officials said.
The Indian deadline is ten years more than the Chinese plan to achieve the same while the USA and European Union had pledged to attain such a milestone by 2050.
