India, March 26 -- India on Wednesday approved enhanced climate targets for the 2031-2035 period under the Paris Agreement, raising its commitments on emissions, clean energy, and forests at a time when the United States has withdrawn from the global climate framework and several developed nations are scaling back ambition.

The Union cabinet approved three quantitative goals as part of India's revised nationally determined contribution (NDC) - the formal pledge each country makes under the Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The new targets represent a step-up from the goals India set for the 2030 period, announced in August 2022.

India now aims to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP - the amount of greenhouse gases...