Paper I · 4 Environment & Disaster Management · 4.8 Climate and environmental treaties

4.8.4 Paris Agreement: NDCs, Article 6 and India's updated NDC

The Paris Agreement (2015) commits all countries to keep warming well below 2°C, aiming for 1.5°C, through self-set pledges (NDCs) that must be strengthened every five years; India has pledged a 45% cut in emission intensity by 2030 (47% by 2035 in its 2026 NDC) and net zero by 2070.

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Key terms

  • Paris Agreement
  • COP21
  • well below 2°C
  • 1.5°C
  • NDC
  • ratchet mechanism
  • global stocktake
  • enhanced transparency framework
  • BTR
  • Article 6
  • ITMO
  • Article 6.4
  • loss and damage
  • Panchamrit
  • net zero 2070
  • LT-LEDS
  • updated NDC 2022

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