Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will attend the COP26 Climate Change conference, which is going to take place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, said Bhupender Yadav, the environment minister on Thursday. The conference is an effort by the United Nations to boost global efforts to cut carbon emissions in the coming years.

“The prime minister is going to Glasgow,” Indian Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said in an interview, adding that the country was doing more than its bit in combating climate change, reported Reuters.

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“India’s NDCs are quite ambitious. We are doing more than our fair share. Our NDCs are more progressive than major polluters,” Yadav told Reuters

The Environment Minister also said that India is rapidly moving towards its game to increase carbon capacity to 450 GW by 2030. The minister also informed that more than 100 GW of renewable energy plants, which accounts for more than 25% of overall capacity, have been installed.

The country is on track to increase green energy capacity to 450 GW by 2030, he said. It has installed more than 100 GW of renewable energy, which accounts for more than 25% of overall capacity.

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India is unlikely to bind itself to a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as tougher deadlines would hit demand growth projected to outstrip that of any other nation over the next two decades, Reuters reported quoting government sources.

Modi, who is to represent India, which is the third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, will begin his participation in the summit from October 31 itself. However, whether Chinese President Xi Jinping would attend the meet remains uncertain.

Some 200 countries are expected to participate in the COP26 conference, which is the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021.   

So far, about 120 countries have submitted revised NDCs, but there is a lack of consistency with no common timeframe for meeting pledges.