India submits climate action plan, commits 33-35 pc cut in carbon intensity by 2030

Submitting its ‘climate action plan’, India has pledged to cut its carbon emission intensity by 33-35 per cent and increase the share of renewable energy by a massive 40 per cent in its total energy mix by 2030.

The announcement was made by India in its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) on Climate Change in Bonn for a global climate pact ahead of the climate change summit in Paris later this year. India described its INDC as “fair and ambitious”.

India also said that it reserves the right to make additional submissions on INDC as and when required, noting its submission represented highest possible efforts as evident from multiple initiatives undertaken by the government.

“To adopt a climate friendly and a cleaner path than the one followed hitherto by others at corresponding level of economic development; To reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 level; To achieve about 40 per cent cumulative electric power installed capacity from nonfossil <g data-gr-id="17">fuel based</g> energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology and low cost international finance including from Green Climate Fund (GCF),” the 38-page INDC document said while communicating India’s plan on Thursday.