Prime Minister Modi concludes five-day tour to Italy and UK for G20 Summit and COP26
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on five-day official visit to Italy, the city-state of Vatican, and the United Kingdom to attend the G20 Summit in Rome and Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.
- PM Modi’s first destination was Rome where he attended the G20 summit and held bilateral meeting with the host and Italian PM Mario Draghi.
- In Vatican City, PM met Pope Francis and extended invitation to him to visit India.
- Finally, in Glasgow, the largest city of Scotland, PM Modi attended the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
- Subsequently he also held bilateral meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of the COP-26 Summit, such as UK and Australian counterparts, President of Ukraine and Prime Ministers of Nepal and Israel and Finnish counterpart.
- During the Conference of Parties (COP26) Summit, Prime Minister Modi announced five “amrit tatva” or five commitments. These include:
- Increase the non-fossil fuel based energy capacity of the country to 500 GW by 2030.
- Meet 50% of the country’s energy requirements through renewable energy sources by 2030.
- Reduce one billion tonnes of carbon emissions from the total projected emissions by 2030.
- Bring down the carbon intensity of the economy by more than 45 percent by 2030.
- India would become carbon neutral and achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2070.