Draft report for UN: India set to meet 2 of its 3 Paris Agreement goals

The country has had a slow start to one component, the Green India Mission

India is well on the trajectory to achieve two of its three commitments under the Paris Agreement ahead of the 2030 deadline, the government is set to inform the global community by December. This assessment forms part of a report that India will submit to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change this year.

The report, called the Second Biennial Update Report, enumerates India’s latest emission data and also what kind of threats the country is already facing from climate change. Business Standard reviewed a draft of the report prepared by the Union environment, forests and climate change ministry. The