Do not make promises that you know you cannot keep: Suresh Prabhu

Former environment and power minister and current Sherpa on negotiations with G7 and G20, Suresh Prabhu tells Aditi Phadnis in an interview the approach India should adopt on Net Zero. Edited excerpts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting US President Joe Biden on Net Zero, even as we speak. What stand should India take: Net Zero or Near Net Zero?
 
Net Zero presupposes peaking, because you cannot have Net Zero unless you peak. India is on a trajectory where peaking is going to take a while. It is also a fact that India’s per capita emissions are among the lowest in the world. It is the only country that has kept its commitments as per the Paris accord of 2015. And among the G20 countries which account for more than 80