India has become the 57th country to make this submission which is a requirement for all countries under the Paris Agreement. Other countries who have submitted their strategy include the USA, China, EU, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, UK, South Africa and Russia among others.
Under the LT-LEDS, the countries are expected to broadly outline their plan and vision explaining how they would meet their respective climate action targets – called nationally determined contribution (NDC) – as well as net neutrality goals.
“India’s emphasis is not on words. Mere numbers are not the goal, and India will surprise the world, not with promises but with actions that are undertaken,” said the country’s environment minister Bhupender Yadav while releasing the strategy during the ongoing climate talks (CO).
Speaking on broad points of the country’s strategy, he said, “We have provided a long term vision of our transition in all sectors of the economy including electricity, transport, industry, urban, forestry and carbon removal technologies. Our document also makes it clear that this effort to transform India’s economy would require huge financial resources.”
India’s LT-LEDS is six key sector-by-sector low-carbon development transitions driven by considerations of the country’s own development needs, and backed by a discussion on requirements of necessary finance. He underlined the flexibility to which such strategy may need with changing requirements and technological development.
