DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
06 August, 2022
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CLIMATE TARGET 2030
Recently, India has enhanced its climate change targets for 2030.
The Prime Minister of India made a number of new commitments to strengthen climate action from India at UNFCCC COP 26 (Click on the blue link to understand all about COP 26 and Climate Change before going through this topic) in Glasgow in 2021.
Revised target
Emission Intensity:
Energy generation
Significance of this move
Other targets
Initiative toward climate change
Reforms in the transportation sector:
Support for EVs in India:
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
The mission of hydrogen energy
Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT)
What are the Important Highlights of UNFCCC COP 26?
Glasgow, UK hosted the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2021.
Agenda of meeting
Agenda for Glasgow's Breakthrough:
The Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda, supported by 42 countries, is a potentially significant development that came out of COP26 (but outside of the COP framework) (including India).
Reduced Coal Use:
The ideal case scenario
Source: The Indian Express
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