'Clean energy is the order of the day.' Describe briefly India's changing policy towards climate change in various international fora in the context of geopolitics.

Use the UNEP report to support India's stand in climate fora that historically responsible countries must do the most, while India pursues its own net-zero path.

• UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said countries with greater historical responsibility for climate change should do the most work, reinforcing common but differentiated responsibilities.
• UNEP's Limiting Overshoot report (2 September 2026) says exceeding 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoidable, with a best-case peak near 1.8°C.
• India's 2070 net-zero path needs finance and technology; scientists warn carbon dioxide removal, with novel methods costing up to $600 a tonne, cannot replace early cuts by high emitters.

Lets you show India's equity-based stance in climate fora, its delivery record, and critics' counterpoints.

• On 19 September 2026 the PM said responsibility for emissions is wrongly placed on developing countries; India's per capita emissions are under half the global average, per the PM.
• India's updated 2022 NDC targets a 45% cut in emissions intensity from 2005 levels and about 50% non-fossil capacity by 2030, with net zero by 2070.
• India leads or has joined the International Solar Alliance, OSOWOG, CDRI, Global Biofuel Alliance and Mission LiFE; critics note it is the third-largest absolute emitter and coal still dominates generation.