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India: How the country can reach net zero while industrializing

According to government-commissioned studies, India still faces a financing gap of about USD 5 trillion to meet its development targets by 2047 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070.

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12. February 2026
India™s Last Villages Gets Electricity Solar panels are installed on the rooftop of a residential house as solar electricity is provided to Simari village on the Line of Control in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on April 14, 2025. A remote border village in the Karnah Valley of Jammu and Kashmir is completely electrified and made LPG enabled. It is nestled along the Line of Control, with part of it falling in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Solar panels in India. (IMAGO / NurPhoto)

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Last updated: 12. February 2026