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India will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday, spelling out the target for the first time that gives the country 10 years more than China and 20 m

COP26, a global summit on the climate emergency, aims to put us on track to save the planet. The agreements made at the conference will impact generations of SoCal residents.

From US President Joe Biden to Seychelles President Wavel John Charles Ramkalawan, leaders are expected to declare how their nation will do its utmost to meet the climate crisis.

India to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix from about 38 per cent last year to 50 per cent by 2030

Will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? or condemn future generations to suffer? this is the decade that will determine the answer. this decade. the science is clear. we only have a brief window left before us to raise ambitions and to raise to meet the task thats rapidly narrowing. this is a decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves. we can keep the goal of limiting global warming to just 1.5 degrees celsius within our reach if we come together. if we commit t...

>> its simple. will we act? will we do whats necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us or condemn future generations to suffer? this is the decade that will determine the answer. this decade. the science is clear. we only have a brief window left before us to raise our ambitions and to raise to meet the task thats rapidly narrowing. this is a decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves. we can keep the goal of limiting global warming to just 1.5 degrees c...

So much carbon being omitted. you know, there is a lot to be done, especially in storage. if they can get enough of the renewable energy onto stream and into the mix of the power that this enormous country is using right now. steve mcdonald in beijing. decisions made at cop 26 in scotland will affect countries which may lack the infrastructure to make the transition to green energy. that means they could struggle to commit to key targets to reduce carbon emissions. nigeria is africas biggest oil...

Hello welcome back to glasgow, and the crucial opening day of the cop 26 summit. 120 heads of state are here for the first day of negotiations. everyone gets their say at a cop summit and in this room behind me we have had some pretty punchy speeches this afternoon from a number of the leaders. and we have a firm promise at last from indias prime minister narendra modi on net—zero carbon emissions, however the goal is 2070, there been a number of leaders. in the southern leaders in the small i...

Corners of the world and trying to put an emphasis on what nations can do. this gives you a sense of urgency and what hes calling on other leaders to do. >> right now were still falling short. theres no more time to hang back or sit on the fence or argue among ourselves. this is a challenge of our collective lifetimes. the existential threat to human existence as we know it. and every day we delay, the cost of inaction increases. so let this be the moment that we answer historys call. >> there h...

Potentially could have life and death impact on millions and millions of people around the world. so its critical right now for all of this to develop. the question is, what are they going to achieve? are they going to get the job done? theres a lot of skepticism. they had the g20 summit in rome. they have to make a whole lot more important decisions. but the u.s. wants to take the leadership role in all of this. one of the key problems, some of the major polluters, china, russia, saudi arabia, ...