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Pressure from the international community for a net—zero committment. critics say that 2070 is at least 20 years too late. but mr modi also pledged to have 50% of his country's energy generated by renewables by 2030. we'll discuss that in further detail later in the show. we also saw speeches from a number of the leaders, particularly from ones in the southern hemimphere and the small islands states worst affected. over the course of the next 12 days it is the technical teams that will hammer out the detail but it is leaders that must set the scale of the ambition. 0ur political editor laura...

Thirdly, between now and 2030 india will reduce its total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes. fourthly, by 2030 india will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 16%. and fifthly, by 2070 india will achieve the target of net zero emissions. these five elixirs will be an unprecedented contribution by india towards climate action. narendra modi talking at the climate summit a little earlier. well india's commitment to cut emissions to net—zero is significant — especially looking atjust how big those emissions are. india's emisisons have grown over time to around 3 billio...

Announcement. yes, declaring you will be met zero x 2070 is a very long way off, but to say half your energy will come from renewable sources by 2030, that is a pretty meaningful target. and it has been very widely welcomed, not least because for years india as a developing country wouldn't accept international climate targets of this kind. 0n the other hand, china, you mentioned, sticking to its current policies. president xi saying in fact it is western countries who need to take the lead when it comes to tackling climate change, and meanwhile a group of small island states who feel their ve...

Heavily on coal. until now, india had not publicly announced a net zero target. speaking in the last 30 minutes, prime minister, narendra modi, says india will aim to be net zero by 2070 — 20 years later than the summit�*s target. have a listen. translation: i have to put before i you, on behalf of india, five key l points to fight this challenge. it is a gift of five elixirs. firstly, india will increase its non—fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030. secondly, india will fulfil 50% of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030.

Billion, a growing economy — in fact of all the countries in the world, the international energy agency predicts that india�*s energy demand will be increasing at the highest rate in the next two decades. so there is huge demand. at the moment, there is huge demand. at the moment, the lion�*s share of the energy comes from coal, which of course is a dirty fuel. so cutting it down will take time — and that�*s why unlike other nations that have set 2050 is when they get to net zero, we finally heard from india�*s prime minister that it�*ll be 2070. not the same time india is aggres...