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Target
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Current Status
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Achievable
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Target 1
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India will reach its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030.
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Non-fossil fuels include not just renewables like solar or wind but also nuclear and hydro. According to the 2020 Central Electricity Authority’s report, India’s non-fossil installed capacity in 2019 was 134 GW and is projected to reach 817 GW by 2030.
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Easy
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Target 2
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India will meet 50 percent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030.
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By November 2020, the share of renewables, including large hydropower, in total installed electrical capacity had already crossed 36%. Therefore, taking this target to 50% is not difficult.
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Easy
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Target 3
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India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now on till 2030.
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This means that India would bend its business-as-usual emissions trajectory to ensure at least 1 billion tonnes of emissions are saved.
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Moderate
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Target 4
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By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45 percent.
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According to India’s third Biennial Update Report, by 2016, the emissions’ intensity of GDP had fallen by 24% compared to 2005. (This estimate excludes agriculture sector emissions).
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Difficult (Will impact growth and development)
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Target 5
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By the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero.
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This means that come 2070, India will not add a single particle of carbon into the atmosphere (or rather, it will capture and store all the particles it releases).
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Difficult (Severe impact on growth and development)
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