India’s Climate Commitment

In a significant step towards climate action, at COP26, India committed to a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also proposed a five-fold strategy for India, named “Panchamrita’s”:

• India will take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030
• India will reduce its carbon emission by one billion tonnes by 2030
• India will meet 50 percent of its energy requirements with renewable sources by 2030
• India will reduce its carbon emission intensity by 45 percent by 2030
• India will achieve net-zero by 2070

In its NDCs submitted under the Paris Agreement in 2015, India had promised to reduce its ‘emissions intensity’ by 33% to 35% and that at least 40% of its installed capacity of electricity generation would come through non fossil-fuel based energy sources by 2030. Hon’ble PM Modi enhanced both these targets at COP26 raising the emissions intensity reduction target to 45% and the share of renewables in installed electricity capacity has been increased to 50%.

There is scope for an increased climate action in India. We are therefore building an ecosystem in India where everyone – from businesses and public sector organizations to individuals and think tanks – collaborate to achieve the goal of net-zero and ensure a sustainable tomorrow.

We want to enable India to stride faster towards its goal of net-zero by 2070. We work with PSUs, municipal corporations, private sector think tanks and state governments to steer the efforts towards carbon neutrality.