The Indian Forest Service in the Age of Climate Crisis: Guardians of India’s Ecological Future
In a warming world, forests are the quiet architecture of survival—and the Indian Forest Service its steadfast sentinel.
In a warming world, forests are the quiet architecture of survival—and the Indian Forest Service its steadfast sentinel.
''It is also an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the Rio Summit, where the principles of Equity and CBDR-RC were adopted, laying the foundation for the international climate regime, including the Paris Agreement,'' he said.
The 29th summit of the Conference of Parties (COP29) held at Baku concluded without reaching a comprehensive or satisfactory agreement on several issues that have long plagued the annual climate conferences.
After a real possibility of an inconclusive end, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
For the first time, the UN climate talks have addressed the need to stop burning fossil fuels.
But India is fourth in installed renewable energy capacity and non-fossil fuel energy has increased by 25 per cent over the past seven years and at present is 40 per cent of the total energy mix.
The Environment Minister had a detailed meeting with Alok Sharma, COP26 President-Designate, the UK in New Delhi today wherein they discussed issues relating to climate change, COP26, India-UK 2030 Roadmap, and other related matters.
COP26 President-Designate, UK, Alok Sharma sought India's support on the COP26 Initiatives launched by the UK and for a successful COP at Glasgow and acknowledged India's leadership role.
Terming the IPCC Working Group 1 Report as a "code red for humanity", Guterres "the alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk".
The Kyoto Protocol, a relatively concrete document, followed the UNFCCC, solidified and operationalised CBDR, by dividing States into two groups.
