What is the name of the global summit for Climate Change 2021 in which the Indian PM pledged a net zero emissions target?

The correct answer is UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties.

Key Points

• The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom in November 2021.
• The president of the conference was UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma
• At the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will achieve net zero emissions by 2070.
• Net zero means achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out.

Additional Information

• The 51st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, also known as Davos Agenda, represents a commitment to jointly and urgently build the foundations of the global economic and social system for a more fair, sustainable and resilient future.
• The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sets out the basic legal framework and principles for international climate change cooperation with the aim of stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
• The Paris Agreement sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.