Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s climate promises, including achieving net-zero carbon emissions and sourcing half of India’s energy from renewable sources by 2030.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s intention to attain the net-zero target of balancing the country’s energy usage by 2070 while delivering India’s national statement at the World Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow on Monday.
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He also outlined “Panchamrit,” or five critical steps to achieve this goal, including expanding India’s non-fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030 and lowering the country’s overall anticipated carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes.
“After PM Modi’s statement at the COP26 climate meeting, Boris Johnson tweeted, “This would decrease carbon emissions by a billion tonnes, adding to a global decade of climate change delivery.”
He added the UK will cooperate with India to achieve even greater progress, notably through the Clean Green Initiative, which was debated at COP26 today. Johnson unveiled the new UK India Green Guarantee at the United Nations (UN) summit, contributing GBP 750 million to green initiatives across India.
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PM Modi also pledged to cut the country’s carbon intensity by 45 per cent as part of the five core climate targets, which he termed “unprecedented action by India on climate action.”
