Climate Action: What has India Promised?

Can India reach the goal for net-zero emissions by 2070 despite its dependence on coal energy?

• India has a rapidly growing population and an economy dependent on coal and oil. As the world’s third largest emitter of carbon dioxide, India’s emissions are expected to increase even further.
• But after years of refusing to set targets to curb emissions, India has recently announced a pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.
• By 2030 Delhi has further stated that India will reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 45% -that's of all greenhouse gases not just CO2.
• However, Modi has resisted setting more specific overall reduction goals, as he believes that industrialized nations should bear a greater share of the burden.
• How realistic are these goals and what needs to happen for India to curb its hunger for fossil fuels and shift to renewable energies?