Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced five "Amrit Tatva" including the target to attain net zero emissions by 2070 during his COP26 address in Glasgow.

"India will take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. Second, India will meet 50 percent of its energy requirement from renewable energy by 2030. Third, India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030. Fourth, by 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy to less than 45 percent. Fifth, by 2070, India will achieve the target of net zero emissions," Modi said. 

“We constitute 17 percent of the world's population, yet we contribute only 5% to global emissions. And yet, we are contributing very readily to the entire overall issue of climate change," said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

Our future generations would be saved from a worse situation that could arise due to current climate change problems and that they would lead secure and happy lives,” commented Shringla.

The Glasgow Climate Conference officially got underway on 31 October. The Climate Conference has to deliver real progress on climate action as time is running out but collective global ambition and trust remain woefully insufficient.