Bhupender Yadav, India's minister of environment, forests, and climate change, recently stated during a ministerial session at the India Energy Week in Bengaluru that India is committed to reducing its GDP's emissions intensity by 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2070. He asserts that seven crucial transitions will help India move forward on a long-term path toward low-carbon development.
He was quoted as saying in a formal statement that the strategy recognized the need to ensure energy security in addition to the necessity of development, which is based on both the development of non-fossil fuel sources for power generation and the prudent use of fossil fuel resources.
Clean & Efficient Energy Systems
According to him, India's commitment to a sustainable and carbon-neutral future is being driven by its improved National Determined Contribution (NDC) and long-term low-carbon development strategy, which call for clean and efficient energy systems, disaster-resistant infrastructure, and planned eco-restoration.
An integrated, efficient, and inclusive transportation system; the promotion of energy and material efficiency in buildings; sustainable urbanization; the decoupling of economic growth from emissions at the national level; and the development of efficient, innovative low-emission industrial systems are all recommended by the strategy.