INDIA’S CLIMATE PLEDGES

About:

• The Union Cabinet approved an update to India’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
• Modi had laid out five commitments, or Panchamrit, as the government references it, namely:
  • India will increase its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW (gigawatt) by 2030;
  • will meet 50% of its energy requirements from “renewable energy” by 2030;
  • will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now till 2030;
  • will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by more than 45%; and
  • will achieve the target of “net zero” by the year 2070, when there will be no net carbon dioxide emitted from energy sources.
• A press statement, following the Cabinet approval, only mentions two of these promises, namely that
  • India is committed to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 45% by 2030, from the 2005 level and
  • achieving 50% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.