India Plans To Spend $21 Trillion On Climate Action. Will It Be Too Little, Too Late? - CleanTechnica

The article discusses India’s ambitious climate action plan, which aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 while simultaneously supporting economic growth to match its rapidly increasing population. India plans to invest approximately $21 trillion to reach peak emissions by 2045, a decade earlier than previously projected. This plan involves a significant transformation of India’s energy mix, targeting 65% renewables, 11% nuclear, and a drastic reduction of coal use to 4% by 2070, compared to coal’s 49% share in 2020. However, achieving these goals is challenging given India’s current heavy reliance on coal and the need to develop and deploy unproven technologies and infrastructure at scale. A major concern highlighted is the reliance on emerging technologies such as large-scale nuclear power expansion—from 9 GW today to 300 GW by 2070—and widespread adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS), which remains largely experimental and has had limited global success. The plan also depends heavily