INDIA TO FILE ITS LONG-TERM NET ZERO PLAN SOON

NEW DELHI: India is expected to submit its long-term strategy to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 at UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh on Monday, a declaration that will be crucial for the country’s climate action commitments.

The decision to submit the long-term low emissions development strategy (LT-LEDS) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was taken this week, according to officials who asked not to be named.

“The cabinet approval did not come until we left for Egypt. But now it has come and it will be submitted on Monday,” said the official.

“We cannot comment why it is delayed. It will lay down our strategy to achieve net zero emissions,” he added.