India Preparing to Submit New Climate Targets to UN in September
The world’s third largest emitter will be among the last major economies to put forward targets required under the Paris Agreement.
A cattle-pulled cart passes the coal-fired NTPC Ltd. Dadri Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/BloombergIndia is set to finally submit official plans to cut emissions to the United Nations, as one of the world's largest polluters backs away from a threat to withhold more climate commitments until rich nations provide more funds for poorer countries.
The South Asian country is preparing to put forward the document — an obligation under the Paris Agreement — in September, according to people with knowledge of the matter, just weeks before crucial COP27 climate talks in Egypt. The official commitment would come close to a year after countries were told to submit updated targets by the UN before last November’s summit in Glasgow.