India on Wednesday rejected calls to declare a net-zero carbon emissions target and said it was more significant for the world to spread out a pathway to decrease such emanations and deflect a risky ascent in global temperatures.

India, the world’s third-greatest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce intends to become carbon neutral by mid-century or somewhere around there at next week’s climate conference in Glasgow.

Yet, environment secretary R.P.Gupta let journalists know that declaring net-zero was not the solution to the climate crisis.

“It is how much carbon you are going to put in the atmosphere before reaching net zero that is more important.”

The United States, Britain and the European Union have set a target date of 2050 to arrive at net zero, so, all things considered they will just produce an amount of greenhouse gases that can be absorbed by forests, crops, soils and still-embryonic “carbon capture technology.

China and Saudi Arabia have both set targets of 2060, however these are generally meaningless without tangible activity now, pundits say.

Among now and the middle of the century the United States will release 92 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere and the EU 62 gigatons, Gupta said, refering to Indian government calculations. China would have added a faltering 450 gigatons by its net zero target date, he added.

Representatives of almost 200 nations will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31-Nov. 12 for climate converses with reinforce activity to tackle global warming under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to the conference in a sign of how the nation is treating environmental change in a serious way, authorities say. Chinese President Xi Jinping isn’t expected.

While working towards net zero, nations are relied upon to report new and reinforced intermediate targets for cutting emissions.

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said India was on target to accomplish targets set at the 2015 Paris conference and left the door open to modifying them. “All options are on the table,” he said.

India has focused on cutting the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33%-35% by 2030 from 2005 levels, accomplishing a 24% decrease by 2016.

Some environment experts say India could consider bringing down its emissions intensity by as much as 40% ward on finance and regardless of whether it approaches more current technologies.

Yadav said he would measure the success of the Glasgow conference by the amount it followed through on climate finance to help the developing world cut their emissions while guaranteeing economic growth.