⇒ UN Secretary General’s meeting was convened by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General and Mr. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
Indian Representative:
The Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav represented India virtually at the UN Secretary General’s meeting with select leaders on Climate Change on 20 September, 2021.
Discussion:
In the Meeting, crucial climate actions on finance, mitigation and adaptation required for tackling the climate crisis were discussed.
Highlights:
The Environment Minister, Shri 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.
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 the 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.