Developing countries need green technolog, says Modi

India is continuing with its campaign on green energy while there are countries that have failed to live up to their environmental pledges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the World Economic Forum.

“To save the environment and to fight climate change, my government has planned a very big campaign and given itself very tough objective,” he said at the forum on 23 Jan 2018.

“By the year 2022, in India we want to produce 175 gigawatts of renewable energy. This is a very big target for a country like India,” he said of the solar and wind energy among others.

In the last three years, India has installed approximately 60 gigawatts, around a third of this target.

“Everyone talks about reducing carbon emissions but there are very few people or countries who back their words with their resources to help developing countries to adopt appropriate technology. Very few of them come forward to help,” said the Indian Prime Minister.

“Glaciers are receding, ice caps are melting in the Arctic, many islands are sinking… There can be floods, or there can be drought, we are seeing the impact of extreme weather conditions,” said Modi at the Davos meet. fii-news.com