NEW DELHI: Protecting and restoring ecosystems can help us reduce the extent of climate change and cope with its impact. This was stated by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav, while speaking at the Plenary Session at the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo, Japan. He said it is important that we address issues related to climate change in tandem with environmental action, holistically.
The Minister said climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss are deeply interlinked and pose existential challenges to humanity. In response to these challenges, Rio Conventions have made remarkable progress, through a consensus driven approach, based on principles.
The Union Minister said India in its Presidency of G20 has embedded mitigation and adaptation deeply across priority areas of arresting land degradation, accelerating ecosystem restoration, and enriching biodiversity. He said the approach promotes a sustainable and climate resilient blue economy; encouraging resource efficiency and circular economy; with Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) as a cross-cutting theme, thus mainstreaming climate change, and addressing the impacts in an ambitious, decisive and action-oriented manner.
