PM Modi made a five-point pledge at COP26 and committed to net-zero emissions by 2070. However, India came back disappointed from Glasgow on the issue of climate financing. According to the latest report by Council for Environment, Energy and Water and Centre for Energy Finance, India will require investments worth over $10 trillion to achieve net-zero by 2070.

In this special series, ‘The Climate Clock’, CNBC-TV18’s Sonal Bhutra spoke to RP Gupta, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to discuss climate change, sustainability and its impact on the economy and human life.

Parvat Srinivas Reddy, MD & Promoter, MTAR Technologies, said that the demand outlook is strong for the next 4-5 years and the company may look at expansion.

Delhi needs to make sustained efforts to check pollution from power plants and vehicles to prevent air quality from worsening further.