Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday held bilateral meeting with Executive Vice President- European Green Deal of European Union Frans Timmermans in New Delhi. <br />''<br />''Mr Yadav stressed on the urgency of strong climate actions and underlined the need for initiating the process of setting the long-term climate finance for post-2020 and the fulfilment of the goal of 100 billion dollars committed by developed countries. Both sides discussed a wide range of climate issues relating to COP26, EU and Indian climate policies and bilateral cooperation between the EU and India.<br />''<br />''On the upcoming COP-26 the Environment Minister stated that in the COP 26, all important pending issues like Article 6, Common Time Frame, Enhanced Transparency Framework should be resolved mutually taking into account national priorities and circumstances.<br />''<br />''Both sides acknowledged that India and the EU should work together to achieve a successful outcome of COP26 to enable full and effective implementation of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.<br />''<br />''Mr Yadav also highlighted India's ambitious climate action plans under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards a green transition covering the priority areas of renewable energy, sustainable transport including e-vehicles, energy efficiency, forest, and biodiversity conservation.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Applauding, India's leadership on Climate Actions, Mr Timmermans said that the whole World is in admiration of India's ambitious target of 450 Giga Watt of renewable energy by 2030.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 21, 2021 5:44 PM
At COP 26, all important pending issues should be resolved mutually taking into account national priorities and circumstances: Bhupender Yadav