Mutirao CoP 30: India reaffirm

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Mutirao CoP 30: India reaffirm Carbon reduction pledge in Brazil

Scheduled 11 days CoP'30 summit was kicked off with a high ambition to combat ill impacts of global warming yesterday in a tranquil Brazil city where the Amazon river meets the Atlantic ocean in the Northern Coast.

The delegates are expected to discuss the climate crisis and its devastating impacts, including the rising frequency of extreme weather, the convenors of the host country stated.

The hosts have a packed agenda with 145 meetings planned to discuss the green fuel transition and global warming as well as the failure to implement past promises, where India's renewed stress to mobilise coal project expansions are also likely to be brought forward. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the CoP'26 session had promised to scale down thermal power by 2030, which, however has recorded a reverse picture in current scenario when the nationalised coal companies have beefed up private handlers to expedite further extraction till 2047.

Delivering India's National Statement at the Leaders' Summit of the CoP30, on 7 November, Indian Ambassador to Brazil, Dinesh Bhatia reiterated the country's consistent commitment to climate action based on equity, national circumstances and the principles of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR - RC).

India welcomed Brazil’s initiative to establish the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), recognizing it as a significant step towards collective and sustained global action for the preservation of tropical forests, and joined the Facility as an Observer.

Highlighting India’s low-carbon development path under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the statement highlighted that between 2005 and 2020, India reduced the emission intensity of GDP by 36% and this trend continues. Non-fossil power now accounts for over 50% of our installed capacity, enabling the country to reach the revised NDC target five years ahead of schedule, it noted.

The statement further underscored India’s expansion of forest and tree cover, and the additional carbon sink of 2.29 billion tonnes of CO? equivalent created between 2005 and 2021, along with India’s emergence as the world’s third-largest producer of renewable energy with nearly 200 GW of installed renewable capacity.

Andre Correa do Lago, president of this year’s conference, emphasised that negotiators engage in “mutirao”, a Brazilian word derived from an Indigenous word that refers to a group uniting to work on a shared task.