India on its path to achieve Paris Agreements’ NDC limit

NEW DELHI: India is pushing hard towards achieving the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) limit of 40% installed power capacity drawn from non-fossil sources.

While addressing an event on ‘Ambition to Impact: Opportunities for Global Collaboration in India’s Clean Energy Economy’ at the United Nations High-level Dialogue on Energy, Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of state for New and Renewable Energy, Government of India said that India is moving ambitiously towards achieving the goals set under the Paris Agreement and will successfully be working on reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33%- 35% by 2030. “India is targeting to deliver universally sustainable and accessible energy at judicious prices via citizen-centric measures,” said TS Tirumurti, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India to the UN.

At the event, Ambassador of Brazil and Denmark expressed their support for India’s clean energy and climate action initiatives that India has undertaken so far. Going further with the discussion, they also talked about ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation with India, with a larger focus on the field of renewable energy.