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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that India in the last four years has been leading from the front in climate action. He said, country’s ambitious renewable energy programme of 450 Giga Watt has attracted entire world’s attention since it is the globe’s largest programme in the sector.
In his departure statement prior to leaving for Madrid, Spain today, where he is leading an Indian delegation to participate in the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Mr Javadekar said that India is one of the few countries which has increased tree cover in and outside its forest.
He said, India is participating in COP25 with a constructive and positive outlook and will work towards protecting its long-term development interests.
Highlighting Prime minister Narendra Modi’s contribution in the sector of climate action, he said, it was Mr. Modi who had first proposed the International Solar Alliance and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
Mr Javadeker stressed that India has been ambitious in its actions and has emphasized that developed countries should take lead in undertaking ambitious actions and fulfil their climate finance commitments of mobilizing 100 billion dollar per annum by 2020.
COP 25 is an important conference as countries prepare to move from pre-2020 period under Kyoto Protocol to post-2020 period under Paris Agreement.