India's commitment at COP26

Intended nationally determined contribution: Indian Prime minister Sri Narendra Modi announced Five pledges an ambitious action to tackle climate change based on the principle of climate justice and equity. These are all:
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To increase non-fossil energy capacity 500 GW by 2030
To meet 50 % energy requirements from renewable energy resources by 2030
To reduce total projected carbon emission by one billion tonne from now to 2030
To reduce carbon intensity of the economy by 45% till 2030 ( from the previous target of 35%)
To achieve net zero target by 2070.

Requirements : the target will require financial investments and skilled workers for deployments of renewable energy.

Infrastructure projects for small island countries : Indian prime minister Sri Narendra Modi announced climate resilient infrastructure project from Scotland for small island countries

ISRO will built a special data window for them to provide them timely information about cyclone, coral reef monitoring, coast line monitoring etc through satellite.

Small Island Developing States ( SIDS) are most vulnerable countries facing threat of Climate Change
To save the life of them
To protect the economy of them
Climate change is major challenge for them
countries are mainly dependent on tourism, but due to natural calamities tourists are afraid to visit there
SIDS are lived in harmony with nature and they know howto adapt to the natural cycles of the Nature.

Green Grid Initiative- one sun oe world one Grid( GGI- OSOWOG) : the United kingdom and the international Solar Alliance jointly launched a global GGI- OSOWOG at the COP26 Glasgow. Its aim is to develop Interconnected global solar grid, which was first time the term came in 2018 at the first assembly of International Solar Alliance in October by the Indian prime minister Sri Narendra Modi.

To bring technical, financial, and research cooperation to help facilitate cross border renewable energy transfer project.
Global infrastructure development for one Grid
To develop innovative solar projects
To bring together skilled workers for solar power economic recovery

Issues with India:

India represents 17 percent of world's population
India is world’s 3rd largest carbon emitter after China and The US second and first largest emitters respectively.
India is the world's 3rd largest fuel oil consumer and importing nation.
Its historic cumulative emission is only 4%.
While annual green house gas emissions are only about 5%.

India's achievements:

India submitted its 3rd Biennial Update Report ( BUR) during the 11 facilitate sharing of views ( FSV) at COP26, to the UNFCCC. India told:

24% reduction in emission of its GDP over the period of 2005-2014.
In the last 7 years solar capability has increased 17 times.
It currently stands at about 45 gigawatts.
India's 15% of total carbon dioxide emission in 2016 was removed from atmosphere by the LULUCF ( Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry)
Between 2015 and 2019 the forest and tree cover increased by 13,031 square km and mangroves cover increased by 235 sq km.
Population of Asiatic lion, elephant, rhino increased manifold in the last 5 to 6 years.

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