Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh has called all nations to put up a collective fight against Climate Change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement. Mr Singh said this while delivering India’s statement at the High-level Segment of the CoP29 of the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan today.

Informing the gathering about India’s initiatives towards combating Climate Change, Mr Singh said that the country has achieved the 2015 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) targets on emission intensity reduction and non-fossil-based installed electricity generation capacity much earlier than 2030. The Minister also talked about how India’s Renewable Energy Capacity has nearly tripled from its 2014 levels and the country is on the course to achieve the 500 Giga Watt target by 2030. He said India has launched the Mission LiFE- Lifestyle for Environment to encourage sustainable lifestyle practices at the global level.