The Ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) on August 26 submitted its updated ‘nationally determined contributions’ (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
Key points
- This is in line with the commitment made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Conference of Parties (COP26) last year.
- The NDCs cover a period up to 2030 and are a step towards the country’s long-term goal of reaching net zero by 2070.
- The country has submitted eight key NDCs, of which two are updates on existing targets. India had last submitted its NDC in 2016.
- The Union Cabinet had approved the country’s official NDC submission in August 2022.
- The NDCs cover a period up to 2030 and are a step towards the country’s long-term goal of reaching net zero by 2070.
- India has updated its target to reduce emission intensity of its GDP by 45 per cent by 2030, from 2005. It was earlier 30 per cent.
- It has also updated the target of capacity addition from non-fossil fuel sources. India said it will achieve about 50 per cent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.
- The MoEFCC — in its cover letter to the UNFCC — however, said, India’s NDCs “do not bind it to any sector-specific mitigation obligation and target.”
