Mint Quick Edit | Do India's climate targets for 2035 place GDP growth above emission reduction?

Mint Quick Edit | Do India's climate targets for 2035 place GDP growth above emission reduction?

India's reset of its climate goals shows a relatively modest reduction being aimed for in the emissions intensity of its GDP. How come? Is this process getting harder—or should we pin it on a trade-off between economic growth and carbon compression?

The country also plans to increase its carbon sink, or its capacity to absorb emissions, to 3.5-4 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2035, a target upped from 2.5-3 billion tonnes by 2030. A key m… [+783 chars]
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