India achieves 28 percent emission reduction over 2005 levels

This makes India among one of the few countries globally which has kept to its Paris Climate Change (COP21) commitments.

India has already achieved emission reduction of 28 percent over 2005 levels, against the target of 35 percent by 2030 committed in its Nationally determined contributions (NDC). This makes India among one of the few countries globally which has kept to its Paris Climate Change (COP21) commitments along with an exponential increase in renewable energy capacity. Considering the pace of development in the energy sector, India is determined to not only achieve, but to exceed its NDC commitments well within the committed time frame. This was stated by Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, and President of International Solar Alliance (ISA), RK Singh in his keynote address at the ‘INDIA-ISA Energy Transition Dialogue 2021’ organised by the ISA and the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), recently. 

While speaking, Mr Singh underlined that from time to time, the Government of India has enacted favourable polices and regulations to boost the clean energy sector. India has been aggressively pushing for energy efficiency improvements for the past two decades through a combination of innovative market mechanisms and business models, institutional strengthening and capacity building, as well as demand creation measures.

The Dialogue was attended by representatives of ISA member countries, senior government officials, industry partners, academicians, innovators, researchers and various financial institutions from across the world. The Dialogue facilitated interventions between global renewable energy stakeholders to accelerate energy transition in ISA member countries and enable member countries to re-look at their national strategies for energy transition.