Underlining that protecting and restoring ecosystems can help in reducing the extent of climate change and cope with its impacts, India on Sunday asserted that it is therefore important that we address issues related to climate change in tandem with environmental action, holistically.
Climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss are deeply interlinked and pose existential challenges to humanity. In response to these challenges, Rio Conventions have made remarkable progress, through a consensus driven approach, based on principles, Union Minister for Environment Bhupender Yadav said at the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Japan’s Sapporo.Climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss are deeply interlinked and pose existential challenges to humanity. In response to these challenges, Rio Conventions have made remarkable progress, through a consensus driven approach, based on principles, Union Minister for Environment Bhupender Yadav said at the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Japan’s Sapporo.
Yadav reminded the gathering that recently at the CBD conference in Montreal we adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework and at CoP27 at Sharm el Sheikh, landmark decisions on issues like the Loss and Damage fund were taken. However, there still is a long way to go, he rued.
He said that India has been part of providing solutions, while it historically has not been part of any of the problems. He said India has rather taken strong domestic actions, set challenging ambitious targets for itself and is also steering international actions through various initiatives.
“ India’s approach has been focused on the convergence of the issues related to Climate Change, Biodiversity loss and pollution. This has reflected in taking up initiatives based on specific interventions through International Solar Alliance (ISA), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), Lead IT,” he added.
The Union Minister said India has also focused on action by all, including individual and community actions through Mission LiFE.