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New Delhi : Representing India virtually at the UN Secretary General’s meeting with select leaders on Climate Change on September 20, 2021 convened by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change MInister Bhupender Yadav underlined the need for upholding the principles of UNFCCC process, for any successful outcome in any climate change negotiations including the upcoming COP 26. At the Meeting, crucial climate actions on finance, mitigation, and adaptation required for tackling the climate crisis were discussed.
Environment Minister Yadav also mentioned about the concrete climate actions that India has been taking under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi including 450 GW of Renewable Energy by 2030, according to a PIB release. The Environment Minister mentioned that in light of the recent IPCC findings and the latest UNFCCC Synthesis Report, and that the developed countries have collectively emitted more than their estimated emission allowances in 2008-2020 period, they should take greater action on mitigation and provide financial support to developing countries.
Yadav stressed that even at the UNFCCC there is a very urgent need for giving due importance to adaptation and discuss whether the scale of resources is commensurate with the scale of the needs of developing countries. He also underlined that ambitious climate action in developing countries is dependent on ambitious support from developed countries under the Paris Agreement, and called upon the developed countries to fulfil their promise of USD 100 billion per year goal made in 2009. COP26 should focus on climate finance in scope, scale, and speed and transfer of green technologies at low cost, he said.