‘The challenge is to make sure that everybody has a right to energy’

India’s target of reaching net zero emissions by 2070 and cutting emissions by one billion tons by 2030, is ambitious. “But the biggest challenge is going to be how it will be made inclusive,” said Sunita Narain, Director General, Center for Science and Environment during a panel discussion titled ‘The race to net zero: Is India on Board?’. Narain along with Ajay Mathur, Director General of the International Solar Alliance was in conversation with Amitabh Sinha, Resident Editor, The Indian Express.

Talking about the country’s announcements at CoP26 (26th iteration of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), Narain said, “The most important part of India’s commitment is the quantified reduction,