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29/01/21 10:30 AM IST

Year of Indo-French alliance towards a Greener Planet

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Minister for Environment,Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Ms Barbara Pompili, the French Minister for Ecological Transition launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment 

Objective

To strengthen Indo-French cooperation in sustainable development, increase the effectiveness of actions in favor of global environment protection and give them greater visibility.

Major themes

Environmental protection, climate change, biodiversity conservation, sustainable urban development, and the development of renewable energies and energy efficiency. 

India’s achievement

  • India has made significant progress towards climate change action & has already achieved 26% of reduction of emission intensity.
  • As of 2020 the renewable capacity in India stands at 90 GW which includes 36 GW of solar energy & 38 GW of wind energy.
Source: PIB

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