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Climate Ambition Summit 2020 held virtually
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Environment
In news
- The United Nations, United Kingdom and France co-hosted the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 which was held virtually recently.
Key takeaways
- The Summit marked the five years of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
- The summit aims to bring together leaders to make new commitments to tackle climate change and deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement.
- The United Kingdom pledged to double its climate finance contribution to USD 15.5 billion over the next five years.
- The European Investment Bank announced a goal of 50% of investments going toward the climate and environment sectors by 2025.
- It also called for climate finance commitments to support the most vulnerable and ambitious adaptation plans and underlying policies.
- According to Indian Prime Minister, India is not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but to exceed them beyond expectations.
Do you know?
- India has reduced emission intensity by 21% over 2005 levels.
- Solar capacity has grown from 2.63 GigaWatts in 2014 to 36 GigaWatts in 2020.
- Renewable energy capacity is the fourth largest in the world.
- It will reach 175 GigaWatts before 2022.
- India has also set new target of 450 GigaWatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
- On the world stage, India has pioneered two major initiatives: (1) The International Solar Alliance; (2) Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
