India Committed To Reduce Emissions Intensity Of GDP By 45% By 2030: Govt
India is committed to reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 per cent by 2030, from the 2005 level, said the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday.
He said as per the updated NDC submitted to UNFCCC in August 2022, India also stands to achieve about 50 per cent cumulative 45 per cent power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.
He said this will be done with the help of the transfer of technology and low-cost international finance including from the Green Climate Fund.
The NDC update is also a step towards achieving India’s long-term goal of reaching net zero by 2070; for which India has prepared and submitted a separate framework to the secretariat of the UNFCCC in November 2022, he added.
In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Choubey said that the Centre is committed to combating climate change through the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which comprises missions in specific areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water, sustainable agriculture, Himalayan ecosystem, sustainable habitat, health, green India, and strategic knowledge for climate change.
The written reply stated that India has progressively continued decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions.
He said India’s emission intensity of gross domestic product (GDP) has reduced by 24 per cent between 2005 and 2016.
As on 30 November 2022, India’s total electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources is 173.14 GW, which is 42.3 per cent of the total electric power installed capacity from non-fossil-based energy resources.
