Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 via video conferencing.
The theme of the Summit is Redefining our common future: Safe and secure environment for all’. Addressing the event, the Prime Minister congratulated to TERI for sustaining this momentum and said that Global platforms like this are important for our present and future.
He said that two things will define how the progress journey of humanity will unfold in the times to come. First is the health of our people. Second is the health of our planet, both are inter-linked.
He said that we have gathered here to talk about the health of the planet. The scale of the challenge we face is widely known. But, conventional approaches cannot solve the problems we face. The need of the hour is to think out of the box invest in our and work towards youngsters sustainable development.
The Prime Minister emphasized on climate justice for fighting against climate change. inspired by a vision of trusteeship- where growth comes with greater compassion to the poorest. Climate justice also developing countries enough space to grow. When each and every one of us understands our individual and/ Climate justice is means giving the collective duties, climate justice will be achieved.
The Prime Minister said that development incomplete without equitable access. In this direction too, India has made good progress. In march 2019, India achieved nearly hundred electrification.This was done through technologies innovative models.
He highlighted that through the Ujala program, three sixty seven million LED bulbs became a part of people’s lives.This reduced over thirty eight million tonnes carbon dioxide per year.
The Jal Jeevan Mission has connected over thirty four million house-holds with tap connections in just about 18 months. Through the PM Ujjwala Yojna more than 80 million house- holds below poverty line have access to clean cooking fuel.We are working to increase the share of natural gas in India’s energy basket from 6 percent sustainable is percent sustainable and to 15 percent, he added.
H.E. Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea; Mr Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the People’s Majlis, Republic of Maldives; Ms Amina J Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, and Shri Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change were also present on the occasion.
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