India On Track To Meet Paris Agreement Goals, Says Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India is among a few G20 countries on track towards Paris Agreement goals and has taken decisive actions to tackle climate change.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma and discussed various issues related to climate change. The Finance Minister said that India is among a few G20 countries on track towards Paris Agreement goals and has taken decisive actions to tackle climate change. She said the government is taking concrete steps and at appreciable speed to meet its commitments to achieve the target of 450GW of renewable energy by 2030. Of this, 100GW of this renewable energy had already been achieved. Among other important initiatives, the extensive work done on the hydrogen energy mission was highlighted.