Environment & Ecology MCQs

The updated NDCs state that India will achieve about 50% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.

India's updated NDCs aim to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030. The previous target was 33-35%.

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The target of 500 GW non-fossil energy capacity by 2030 was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UNFCCC in Glasgow in November 2021.

As part of its climate commitments, India aims to meet 50% of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030.

India has set a target of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030, as announced at COP26 in Glasgow.

The spread of invasive alien plant species, such as the Senna spectabilis, can degrade the native forest structure and reduce the availability of food sources for the Lion-tailed Macaque, posing a significant threat to its habitat.

Lion-tailed Macaques are arboreal and inhabit the dense, undisturbed tropical evergreen and moist deciduous forests found in the mid-elevations of the Western Ghats, relying on these forests for food and shelter.