India joins US-led Indo-Pacific group
India has joined the supply chain, decarbonisation and infrastructure, and anti-tax and corruption pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) at the framework’s first in-person ministerial, and joined partner countries in arriving at consensual ministerial statements on each of the three pillars. The statements outline an ambitious agenda which will entail greater information sharing and investment in supply chains, including identification of critical sectors and critical goods within critical sectors to minimise disruptions; collaboration on green technology; and more robust efforts to promote a rules-based, transparent and clean trading system. As HT has reported on Friday, India has not joined the first pillar on trade embedded in the IPEF at this stage in the negotiation process. On supply chains, IPEF’s 14-member countries committed to improving “transparency, diversity, security and sustainability in our supply chains to make them more resilient, robust and well-integrated”. They recognised the importance of “fair and open markets and rules-based multilateral trading system” and that the need to secure supply chains will require an evolution in public institutions.
India targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, says Modi
India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster has announced at the COP26 climate crisis summit in Glasgow. The target date is two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. India is the last of the world’s major carbon polluters to announce a net-zero target, with China saying it would reach that goal in 2060, and the United States and the European Union aiming for 2050.
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
Why China's climate policy matters to us all
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
Deliver on promises, developing world tells rich at climate talks
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.