PM Modi Participates in Leaders’ Summit on Climate

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, hosted by President of U.S.A. Joe Biden.
The two day conference has been organised virtually on 22-23 April 2021, which coincides with the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Paris Agreement on climate change for signature.
Theme : Our Collective Sprint to 2030.
A total of 40 national leaders have been invited by Biden to attend this two-day virtual climate summit.
The Summit is being held in the run up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) that will take place in November 2021 in Glasglow.

U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership

As a part of the Summit, the United States and India launched a new high-level, “U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership,” to create stronger bilateral cooperation on actions in the current decade to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The partnership is expected to play an important role in helping India fulfil its ambitious renewable energy goal of reaching 450 Gigawatt by 2030.

Objectives of the summit

Get the world’s major economies to reduce emission in this decade while also getting the public and private sector involvement.
Show how climate action can have economic and social benefits. Build new businesses and industries.
Using the technology available to adapt to climate change but also reduce emissions. Use nature-based solutions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Protect lives and livelihoods by finding ways to adapt to climate change.