India has emerged as a responsible global voice on the issue of climate change and its ambitions are a testimony to the countryโs sensitivity towards nature, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday. Addressing a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament, Kovind said climate change is a challenge confronting the whole world and lauded the government for announcing Indiaโs ambitious targets to combat it.
โClimate change is a major challenge confronting the whole world at present. India has emerged as a responsible global voice on the subject. At the CoP-26 summit, my government has announced that by 2030 India will reduce its carbon emission by 1 billion tonnes.
โIndia has also committed to a target of becoming a net zero emission economy by 2070. India has also taken the initiative of โGreen Grid Initiative: One Sun, One World, One Gridโ with the global community. It is the first international network of globally interconnected solar power grids. Our ambitions and resolves towards the environment are a testimony of our sensitivity towards nature,โ the president said.
Indiaโs commitments to the ambitious targets were announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 26th climate summit held in Glasgow last year.