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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ambitious and bold five-point climate action plan at the 26th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The five national pledges are: Increase non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030; meet 50% of energy requirements from renewable energy (RE) by 2030; reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030; by 2030, reduce the carbon intensity of the economy by 45% (from the previous target of 35%) and, achieve the net-zero target by 2070. India has the lowest per capita...
