COP26

'Capitalism is killing the planet': Protesters rally in Glasgow's COP26" https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-protesters-rally-in-glasgows-cop26-1047887.html 

New climate target poses upside risks to renewable growth outlook: Fitch https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-climate-target-poses-upside-risks-to-renewable-growth-outlook-fitch-121110400466_1.html

At  COP26, Modi outlined a net zero emissions target by 2070 for India.

The new announcements put forth a clear ambition of the Modi government to tackle climate change more aggressively. India is targeting to increase its low-carbon power capacity to 500 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and meet 50 per cent of its total energy requirements by 2030.

Fitch Soutions said "We highlight that these pledges pose a mounting upside risk to our forecasted 313 GW of installed low carbon power capacity, including nuclear, hydro and non-hydropower renewables by 2030," Non-hydropower renewables will make up the vast majority, 83 per cent, of this growth highlighting the significance of the wind and solar sub-sectors.

"We highlight that the market will not reach the Modi government's previous plans to develop 175 GW of renewables capacity by 2022 and will fall short with just 116 GW installed by end 2021.

"We also highlight increased risks to the successful continuation of renewables auctions as well as the development of recently selected projects within those tenders," it said. We are bearish on the prospects of this being sufficient to ensure the smooth integration of renewables capacity into the grid,

Notes from CoP-26: Third report from the corridors of COP-26 by Soumya Dutta,SAPACC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMrPSXMkVw 
Nov 5, 2021 CoP 26 begins : What to expect and what not?

Presented by Soumya Dutta (SAPACC) Speak about the Net zero commitments of India and other countries as too little too little. Also critigues the forestry agreements and wonders how it would affect the forest dependent communities..  And the global methan pledge. 

Land, culture, livelihood: what Indigenous people stand to lose from climate ‘solutions’ https://theconversation.com/land-culture-livelihood-what-indigenous-people-stand-to-lose-from-climate-solutions-170083
November 4, 2021 6.08am

In the first major deal of the Glasgow climate summit, more than 100 nations have pledged to end, and reverse, deforestation by 2030. As the declaration states, forests store vast amounts of carbon dioxide and are essential to stop global warming beyond 1.5℃ this century.

This new pledge is an example of so-called “nature-based solutions” – using ecosystem restoration and protection, better forest management and forest plantations to tackle climate change. Research suggests, if done appropriately, they could provide 30–40% of the CO₂ reductions required by 2030.

..This is significant, because some nature-based solutions can negatively affect Indigenous people around the world. For this reason, more than 250 organisations, networks and movements have signed a new statement against nature-based solutions, calling them nature-based “dispossessions”, and a scam. 

Indigenous people should have a seat at the table in Glasgow, and a voice in decisions about our/their lands. The best pathway forward for Indigenous people is to manage carbon projects themselves. This is true self determination.
Indigenous people manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million square kilometres in 87 countries on all inhabited continents. This represents over a quarter of the world’s land surface, intersecting about 40% of all land-based protected areas and ecologically intact landscapes.

And yet, disadvantage is still widespread. International carbon policies such as nature-based climate schemes continue to contribute to a variety of poverties.