Bhupender Yadav says Indo Danish Green Strategic Partnership is an appropriate forum for promoting sustainable lifestyles including LiFE
Indo Danish Green Strategic Partnership is to exchange ideas, best
practices, knowledge, technology, capacity building, not only in Denmark and
India, but for Europe and the whole world
The two countries can show the world that delivering on ambitious climate and
sustainable energy goals is possible: Yadav
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
Bhupender Yadav said the Indo-Danish Green Strategic Partnership is an
appropriate forum to exchange ideas, best practices, knowledge, technology,
capacity building for promoting sustainable lifestyles including LiFE, not only
in Denmark and India, but for Europe and the whole world.
Addressing The India – Denmark: Partners for Green and Sustainable
Progress Conference today in New Delhi Yadav said that since the launch of the
“Green Strategic Partnership” during the Virtual Summit on 28 September 2020
between Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, the bilateral cooperation is focussed on promoting green and sustainable
development. He said that during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
Denmark in May, 2022, India and Denmark agreed to further strengthen the Green
Strategic Partnership with a focus on green hydrogen, renewable energy and
waste water management. The Minister said that Green Strategic Partnership
between the Denmark and India opened a new chapter in the friendly and
cooperative relations between the countries.
Yadav said that India and Denmark have set very ambitious
national targets on climate and energy that will contribute to an ambitious
implementation of the Paris Agreement. Together, the two countries can show the
world that delivering on ambitious climate and sustainable energy goals is
possible. It is also necessary, at the same time, to commit ourselves to the
founding principles of the Rio Convention, he added.
The Minister said that unsustainable production and
consumption needs urgent attention, if we are to confront the global
environmental and climate change related challenges that we face today. We need
to act fast before it is too late. Yadav said that at the recently concluded
COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, the importance of sustainable lifestyles and
sustainable patterns of consumption and production (SCP) in global efforts to
combat climate change was underscored.
In this connection, Yadav called the attention of the
gathering to LiFE or Lifestyle for Environment, announced and launched by the
Prime Minister. He said that in line with the global commitment to achieve the
SDGs by 2030, Mission LiFE contributes directly or indirectly to almost all the
SDGs, including on sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), responsible
production and consumption (SDG 12), climate change (SDG 13), life on land (SDG
15), and life under water (SDG 14).
Yadav emphasized that everyone needs to ensure that lifestyles are in sync at
all levels with the resources available on the planet. “Let’s resolve to work
together tirelessly, to build a sustainable and inclusive future, where no one
is left behind!”, He further said that as the world’s most populous
democracy and a vibrant emerging economy, India seeks to lead by example, and
invited the global community to be a part of Mission LiFE for individual,
family and community-based actions. He said that India is making rapid strides
towards inclusive and overall sustainable development, especially in the
environment dimension and this is being done both at national level and
globally through international partnerships.
The Minister said that India and Denmark’s shared
commitment to address climate change is exemplified by strategic sector
cooperation on offshore wind and renewable energy, as well as the India-Denmark
Energy Partnership (INDEP) on capacity building and technology transfer in the
areas of offshore wind, energy modelling, and integration of renewable energy.
The event was attended by their Royal
Highness Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.