Shared local weather imaginative and prescient on go to agenda with good friend PM Modi: Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday mentioned the UK and India’s shared imaginative and prescient for a sustainable future might be among the many points on the agenda for talks with “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his upcoming go to to New Delhi subsequent month.
Addressing the digital International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) inaugurated by Modi, Johnson hailed the Indian Prime Minister’s “fantastic leadership” in areas resembling renewable power within the world battle in opposition to local weather change and welcomed the “excellent initiative” of CDRI led by India and co-chaired by the UK.
He mentioned the objective of such coalitions was to be taught extra from one another and assist these notably in danger from the dramatic results of local weather change, resembling small island nations.
“We have a shared vision for a sustainable future for our nations and global community and I very much look forward to discussing this and many other issues with Prime Minister Modi on my upcoming visit to India,” he mentioned, in his video message from Downing Street in London.
Johnson is ready to go to India on the finish of April.
“I applaud my friend Prime Minister Modi for his commitment to this excellent initiative, the Coalition for Disaster Resilience Infrastructure (CDRI). The UK is proud to be its co-chair and I am delighted that since its launch, the coalition has made such a great start with 28 countries and organisations now signed up,” he mentioned.
He highlighted how the UK launched into its journey to make its infrastructure extra disaster-resilient over 10 years in the past and is investing 5.2 billion kilos in bolstering flood defences and has a “wealth of expertise to share”.
If our battle with COVID-19 has taught us something over the previous 12 months, it’s that we should be prepared for no matter challenges could also be coming subsequent. And, because the world’s local weather modifications, we should not solely do every little thing in energy to attempt for Global Net Zero, an formidable 2030 emissions reductions goal, however we should additionally adapt to its damaging results and construct extra resilience to disasters
“our roads, our bridges, powerlines, our schools and hospitals.” all of the infrastructure that we depend on to maintain our economies shifting and our communities protected. They should be made prepared,” Johnson mentioned.

“As we look forward to COP26 in Glasgow this November, we are working hard to help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. Let’s take action now so that as we build back better from the pandemic, we do so cleaner and greener, making all our communities stronger and more resilient,” he added, in reference to the United Nations local weather convention being hosted by the UK later this 12 months.
India and the UK are co-chairs of the CDRI and are presently working collectively to create a brand new multi-country facility to assist Small Island Developing States in creating local weather and disaster-resilient infrastructure.
“In our quest for resilience, we are all in the same boat. The pandemic has reminded us that no one is safe until everyone is safe,” Modi mentioned in his inaugural tackle.
The digital occasion, hosted by India from Wednesday to Friday, brings collectively stakeholders from accomplice nations and organisations to advertise the resilience of recent and present infrastructure methods in opposition to local weather and catastrophe dangers in assist of sustainable growth.