COP26 president-designate calls on PM Modi; India-UK collaboration on local weather change mentioned
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President-designate of the twenty sixth UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and British MP Alok Sharma known as on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday throughout which they mentioned the India-UK collaboration on local weather change points within the run as much as the essential meet.
COP refers back to the decision-making physique of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the twenty sixth session of which will likely be hosted by the UK in November 2021 in Glasgow.
“Pleased to meet with COP26 President-designate @AlokSharma_RDG today. We discussed India-UK cooperation on climate change agenda and COP26,” Modi tweeted after the meet.
“My best wishes to UK for successful organisation of the climate summit,” he mentioned.
Sharma, the president-designate of the twenty sixth UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, known as on Prime Minister Modi throughout which they mentioned India-UK collaboration on local weather change points within the run as much as COP26, in response to a Prime Minister’s Office assertion.
Prime Minister Modi reiterated India’s dedication to the Paris Agreement and to work constructively for the profitable final result at COP26.
Sharma warmly recalled the prime minister’s tackle on the Climate Ambition Summit in December, 2020, the PMO mentioned.
Modi additionally expressed his dedication to work together with his British counterpart Boris Johnson to additional strengthen the India-UK ties.
A UK authorities assertion mentioned Sharma and Prime Minister Modi met to debate their nations’ shared dedication to local weather motion within the lead as much as the COP26 summit in Glasgow this 12 months.
Sharma congratulated PM Modi on his ambition to ship a major enhance in renewable vitality, set out on the Climate Ambition Summit the UK co-hosted in December 2020, and for his private management on tackling local weather change, the British assertion mentioned.
Sharma outlined the UK’s internet zero dedication and mentioned that, as hosts of COP26, the UK had despatched a transparent message to the world in setting an bold new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), in response to the assertion.
They agreed that progress on ensuring essentially the most weak nations have been capable of adapt to the impacts of local weather change was crucial and that to do that governments should meet their local weather finance commitments, it mentioned.
Sharma and Modi additionally mentioned the significance of governments, companies and people working to deal with local weather change and mentioned they regarded ahead to persevering with their shut work forward of COP26. Sharma additionally met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar throughout which discussions on India’s inexperienced development initiatives have been held.
“Glad to meet COP26 President-designate @AlokSharma_RDG. Good discussions on India’s Green Growth initiatives and the climate change agenda,” Jaishankar mentioned in a tweet. Sharma additionally met Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
“India looks forward to the UK leadership to deliver on the unresolved issues of the Paris Agreement, including long-term climate finance and other key issues,” Javadekar tweeted after the assembly.
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