India will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070, the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi has told the Cop26 global climate summit. This was one of five pledges he listed at the world leaders’ summit at the UN conference in Glasgow. The others included that India will increase its non fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030 and it will get half of its energy from renewable resources by the same date. He also pledged that India will reduce its projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes between now and 2030, and reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 45%.

Some commentators on Twitter saying India should be given financial support to bring that 2070 date forward.

Source: The Guardian