Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the World Leaders Summit of COP 26 in Glasgow, Summit. During a speech at the event, he said that the world’s response to the climate crisis should have adaptation and not only mitigation.

He also announced that India will achieve net-zero climate target by 2070 – two decades after the United States and at least 10 years later than China.

“At this global brainstorming on climate change, I present 5 ‘amrit tatva’ from India. I gift this ‘panchamrit’. First, India will bring its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. Second, by 2030 India will fulfill 50% of its energy requirement through renewable energy,” PM Modi said.

“Third, India will cut down its net projected carbon emission by 1 bn ton from now until 2030. Fourth, by 2030 India will bring down carbon intensity of its economy by more than 45%. Fifth, by 2070 India will achieve the target of ‘net zero’,” Modi announced.

“India constitutes 17% of the global population and India’s contribution to the emission has only been 5%. But today, the entire world admits that India is the only major economy that has delivered on Paris agreements in letter and spirit,” the Indian PM said.

He started his speech by saying, “When I came to Paris for the first time for the Climate Summit, I had no intention to add my own promise to other promises across the world. I had come with concern for humanity, as a repr of culture that gave message of Sarve Sukhinah Bhavantu.”

“So for me, Paris event wasn’t a Summit but a sentiment, a commitment and India wasn’t making promises to the world, instead, 125 cr Indians were making promises to themselves. I am happy that a developing country like India is working to pull crores of people out of poverty.

“World today admits that lifestyle has a major role in climate change. I propose one-word movement before all of you. This word is LIFE which means Lifestyle for Environment. Today, it’s needed that all of us come together and take forward LIFE as a movement,” PM Modi said.

He further said that the promises that have been made so far were hollow. “When we’re taking forward our ambition regarding climate action, the ambitions of world over climate finance can’t keep standing at the point where they were at the time of Paris Agreement,” Modi said.

“Instead of mindless and destructive consumption, mindful and deliberate utilization is the need of the hour. This movement can bring in revolutionary changes in areas like agriculture, fishing, housing, packaging, hospitality, tourism, fashion, water management and energy,” Modi added.

“It would be an appropriate justice to create pressure on the nations that don’t meet their own promises of climate finance,” he said.