INDIA SUBMITS ITS NEW CLIMATE ACTION PLEDGES TO THE UN BODY, FLAGS THE CONDITIONS TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE

A month after the Union cabinet approved the country's climate action goals, called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), for 2031-35 period, India has formally submitted its pledges to the UN climate body underlining important conditions noting that the developing countries’ commitments “cannot be fulfilled” without adequate support in terms of “finance” and “technology transfer”.

India in its submission pledged to achieve 60% cumulative installed capacity of its electric power from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2035 "with the help of transfer of technology and low-cost international finance"; reduce emissions intensity (emission per unit of GDP) by 47% by 2035 from 2005 level; and create a carbon sink of 3.5 to 4.0 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover by 2035 over 2005 stock.

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