India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) Ministers’ Meeting in Chennai, emphasizing the need to increase action on commitments under the UN Climate Convention and Paris Agreement.The ECSWG held a ministerial meeting with 300 representatives from countries and G20 members to discuss water resource management and climate change.
The meeting aimed to build consensus on three thematic areas identified by the Indian Presidency: stopping land degradation, promoting a blue economy, and resource efficiency and circular economy. The main focus was to finalize a draft ministerial communiqué. Addressing the meeting, PM Modi said, “Today, India is among the top 5 countries in the world in terms of installed renewable energy capacity. We have also set a target of achieving ‘net zero’ level of carbon emissions by 2070.”
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav launched the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) at the G20 meetings. Under India’s G20 chairmanship, RECEIC promotes global resource efficiency and circular economy practices. The self-sustaining alliance will work beyond India’s G20 presidency, focusing on environmental sustainability.
