Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit UAE to attend the U.N. climate conference (COP28) in Dubai, starting this week, underlying the country's commitment to the issue of climate change, the government said in a statement.
Modi will be in UAE for two days from November 30 to December 1.
"Climate change has been an important priority area of India's G20 Presidency... COP-28 will provide an opportunity to take forward these successes," the statement added.
During India's recently concluded presidency of the G20, leaders agreed to pursue tripling renewable energy capacity globally by 2030 and accepted the need to phase-down unabated coal power, but stopped short of setting major climate goals.
Last week France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the conference.
India is unlikely to favour such a plan and the proposal could further divide the group as nations like India still depend on coal to fuel its fast economic growth.
About 73% of electricity consumed in India is produced by coal, even though the country has increased its non-fossil capacity to 44% of its total installed power generation capacity.
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