{"id":38666,"date":"2021-11-05T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/05\/is-indias-pledge-of-net-zero-by-2070-an-ambitious-target-or-worthless-words"},"modified":"2021-11-05T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T07:00:13","slug":"is-indias-pledge-of-net-zero-by-2070-an-ambitious-target-or-worthless-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=38666","title":{"rendered":"Is India\u2019s pledge of net zero by 2070 an ambitious target \u2013 or worthless words?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Narendra Modi\u2019s Cop26 promise has proved divisive but many observers say only western help can ensure its success<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/cop26-glasgow-climate-change-conference-2021\">Read all our Cop coverage here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the headline-grabbing announcement of the first day of Cop26: India\u2019s prime minister, Narendra Modi, pledging his country would go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/01\/narendra-modi-pledges-india-will-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2070\">net zero by 2070<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration proved divisive. Some in the British press were scathing, describing it as a disappointment, as it was several decades behind the 2050 commitments made by the west, and 10 years behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/25\/china-to-cut-fossil-fuel-use-to-below-20-by-2060\">China\u2019s 2060 target<\/a>. But many observers celebrated, calling it highly ambitious for a developing country of 1.4 billion people \u2013 which is still yet to emit the majority of its emissions \u2013 to commit to net zero at all. Others were dismissive that a target 50 years in the future would have any impact on action and policy in India today, when it mattered most.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/05\/is-indias-pledge-of-net-zero-by-2070-an-ambitious-target-or-worthless-words\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narendra Modi\u2019s Cop26 promise has proved divisive but many observers say only western help can ensure its successRead all our Cop coverage hereIt was the headline-grabbing announcement of the first day of Cop26: India\u2019s prime minister, Narendra Modi, p&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[589,65,492,564,62,433,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coal","category-environment","category-fossil-fuels","category-greenhouse-gas-emissions","category-india","category-narendra-modi","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38667,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666\/revisions\/38667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}