Modi says India on track to meet Paris climate goal on renewable energy

By Admin. Updated 10:17 a.m., Saturday, April 13, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

India’s Prime Minister – Narendra Modi said the country is well on its way to meet the 500 GW of renewable energy capacity and the climate commitment made in the Paris conference by 2030.

In an exclusive interview with Newsweek published on April 10, Prime Minister Modi said: Since 2014, India has massively stepped up investments in renewable energy with solar energy capacity increasing from just 2,820 MW in 2014 to over 72,000 MW now.

India is also well on its way to meet the 500 GW of renewable energy capacity and the climate commitment made in the Paris conference by 2030.

The prime minister also said there is no contradiction between India’s physical infrastructure building and its commitment to fight climate change.

“In fact, India offers a credible model of how to enhance physical infrastructure and yet be at the forefront of mitigating climate change: Be it lighting 10 million homes through [the] rooftop solar program or empowering farmers with solar-powered pumps, be it distributing 400 million energy-efficient bulbs and ensuring 13 million efficient streetlights or having one of the fastest adoption of EVs, be it airports or railway stations or bridges, our infrastructure is leveraging renewable energy,” he said.

“We have launched a $2.5 billion dollar National Green hydrogen mission which will contribute toward decarbonization and avert [a] further 50 MMT per annum of CO2 emissions by 2030.

We are launching 10,000 electric buses in 100 cities of India at a cost of almost $7 billion, giving a major boost to green urban mobility and reducing noise and air pollution,” prime minister Modi said, according to Newsweek.

“India’s per capita emission is already less than half of the global average. India will achieve net-zero emission by 2070 as announced,” he said.

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