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While the net-zero pledge has dominated headlines, experts say India’s near-term targets for decarbonisation are worthy of attention and cautious optimism
Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi s announcement of enhancing India s ambition, including declaring that India will go net zero in 2070, at the COP26, experts and stakeholders have also expressed caution that the devil lay in the detail .
The world's third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter has pledged net zero emissions by 2070, decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.