The Indian Prime Minister did not announce global roadmap to indicate how he had to reach carbon neutrality in 2070.
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Four days after the surprise promise of Narendra Modi at COP26 in Glasgow (Scotland) to reach carbon neutrality in 2070, the Indian capital has plunged like each winter into extreme pollution. On November 5, the day after the big party of Diwali, where the inhabitants light up millions of candles and moths of firecracker, the inhabitants of New Delhi, the most polluted capital in the world, woke up with a quality index of The air of 462 on a scale of 500, the worst for five years.
The rate of fine particles measured was on average 706 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter of air. A brutal return to reality: all the air of northern India has become toxic and the inertia of the public authorities is patent. Delhi’s main sources of particle emissions come from large charcoal power plants and refineries, vehicles and stubborn burning, pollution that ruins both the health of Indians and the fight against climate change.
For Indians who take aphonyxize and lose years of life expectancy, or for those who face droughts or destructive floods, the 2070 horizon to reach carbon neutrality is far too distant. They need urgent actions. However, in this area, the results are overwhelming: the plans to improve the quality of the air have remained a dead letter and the recent measures taken by the government to try to revive the economy of the country, undermined by the pandemic. Covid-19, go against its climatic ambitions. The government has launched a race for major infrastructure projects and has brought to the dozens of new coal mines.
“Relaxed standards”
“The mega advertisements of the Prime Minister in Glasgow are one thing, but what matters is the actions at the national level,” the former environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, member of the congress, the main party opposition. However, he points out, “all environmental and forest laws have been diluted, the standards have been relaxed, including the pollution of thermal power plants, and the organs of the standards have been weakened.” / p>
The Indian Prime Minister has probably given rise to the pressure of Westerners, who asked him to engage in the path of carbon neutrality, without believing. In home, its ministers have repeated for weeks that net zero was not a relevant objective.
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