Prime
Minister Narendra Modi today emphasised that climate change must be
fought in an integrated, comprehensive and holistic way and not in
silos. He said while all are focused on saving citizens and economies
from the effects of the global pandemic it is also equally important to
keep focus on fighting climate change. Speaking at the G-20 summit
virtually, Mr Modi said, India has adopted low-carbon and
climate-resilient development practices.
He said, India is not only
meeting its Paris Agreement targets, but also exceeding them.
Highlighting the efforts made by the government, the Prime Minister
said, LED lights have been made popular, which saves 38 million tons of
Carbon Dioxide emissions per year. He said, smoke free kitchens have
been provided to over 80 million households through our Ujjwala Scheme
which is among the largest clean energy drives globally.
Saying there
are efforts to eliminate single-use plastics, the country's forest
cover is expanding, the Prime Minister stated that the lion and the
tiger population is also increasing and we aim to restore 26 million
hectares of degraded land by 2030. Mr Modi said, India is making
next-generation infrastructure such as metro networks, water-ways and
more. The Prime Minister expressed confidence that India will meet the
goal of 175 GigaWatts of renewable energy well before the target of 2022
and seek to achieve 450 GigaWatts by 2030.
Saying, this is the best
time for further increasing research and innovation in new and
sustainable technologies, Mr Modi said all should do so with a spirit of
cooperation and collaboration. He said, the entire world can progress
faster if there is greater support of technology and finance to the
developing world.
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