{"id":38679,"date":"2021-11-05T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/nov\/05\/net-zero-2070-india-renewables-climate-finance"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:00:03","slug":"reaching-net-zero-by-2070-is-possible-but-its-what-india-does-right-now-that-matters-joydeep-gupta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=38679","title":{"rendered":"Reaching net zero by 2070 is possible \u2013 but it\u2019s what India does right now that matters | Joydeep Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as important as the long-term target is the current push for renewables, as well as more climate finance from the rich world<\/p>\n<p>Amazement, elation, worry, disappointment, derision \u2013 the announcement by India\u2019s prime minister, Narendra Modi, that the country would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/01\/narendra-modi-pledges-india-will-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2070\">reach net zero carbon emissions by 2070<\/a> has provoked all kinds of reaction across the spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>India is the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/insights\/interactive-chart-shows-changes-worlds-top-10-emitters\">fourth largest<\/a> greenhouse gas polluter after China, the US and the EU. It has far lower emissions per head than the other three and already has a highly ambitious solar programme. At the same time, it depends on coal for two-thirds of its energy generation, and is projected to increase its emissions in the next couple of decades as millions move out of poverty and increase their electricity use.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/nov\/05\/net-zero-2070-india-renewables-climate-finance\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as important as the long-term target is the current push for renewables, as well as more climate finance from the rich worldAmazement, elation, worry, disappointment, derision \u2013 the announcement by India\u2019s prime minister, Narendra Modi, that the c&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2680,"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":[2331,62,761,433,659,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-crisis","category-india","category-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change-ipcc","category-narendra-modi","category-renewable-energy","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\/38679","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\/2680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38680,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38679\/revisions\/38680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}