Developing countries need much longer beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement byIndia, China and other nations.

June 9, 2022

India, in a strong cross-regional joint statement on behalf of 10 nations, including China, asserted that developing countries need to be given an additional time frame beyond 2050 to reach net-zero emissions due to their goals of poverty eradication and development.
And for this Developed Nations should do a net-negative by middle of the century and vacate the carbon space for Developing countries.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti delivered a cross-regional joint statement on behalf of India and Bolivia, China, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Nicaragua, Panama and Syria on “Global Net Zero” in the context of combatting climate change.
Prime Minister had told the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, that India will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070.