<span style="color: #222222;">Minister for Environment Bhupender Yadav has said that during the last eight years, the Union Government has taken decisive actions in all areas of Climate Change under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. <br />''<br />''Participating in DD News Conclave today, Mr Yadav remarked that India is one of the few countries to have achieved most of its voluntary Nationally Determined Contributions submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement before schedule. <br />''<br />''He said, India set an ambitious target of 40 per cent installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel-based sources to be achieved by the end of this decade, which has already been achieved, eight years ahead of schedule. The Minister said, the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol has been achieved five months ahead of the November 2022 target.<br />''<br />''Mr Yadav further enumerated how India has taken leadership at several global fora for Climate Justice and Climate Equity. He said, whether it is the International Solar Alliance, ISA along with France mobilizing 106 countries or the new initiative for Infrastructure for Resilient Island States, IRIS with UK, Australia and Small Island Developing States, SIDS, India has been at the forefront. The Minister mentioned how recently India and Sweden hosted the LeadIT forum that contributed to the UN Conference 'Stockholm50', in setting the agenda for COP-27.</span><br />