Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav said, protecting and restoring ecosystems can help us reduce the extent of climate change and cope with its impacts. Speaking at the Plenary Session at the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment at Sapporo in Japan, he said, it is important to address issues related to climate change in tandem with environmental action, holistically.<br />'' <br />''The Union Minister said India in its Presidency of G-20, for example, has taken this approach and embedded mitigation and adaptation deeply across priority areas of arresting land degradation, accelerating ecosystem restoration, and enriching biodiversity. He said, the approach promotes a sustainable and climate-resilient blue economy; encouraging resource efficiency and circular economy; with Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) as a cross-cutting theme, thus mainstreaming climate change, and addressing the impacts in an ambitious, decisive and action-oriented manner.<br />'' <br />''Mr. Yadav said India has been part of providing solutions, while it historically has not been part of any of the problems. He said, India has rather taken strong domestic actions, set challenging ambitious targets for itself and is also steering international actions through various initiatives. The Minister said, India's approach has been focused on the convergence of the issues related to Climate Change, Biodiversity loss and pollution. This has been reflected in taking up initiatives based on specific interventions through International Solar Alliance (ISA), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and Lead IT.<br />'' <br />''The Union Minister said India has also focused on action by all, including individual and community actions through Mission LiFE. At the same time the voice of the global South needs to be recognised for a truly global leadership of G7 and to receive valuable inputs towards implementation of G7 initiatives. He said, this approach will ensure that while we take decisions impacting the whole world, we leave no one behind.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, we look forward to the leadership of G7 Nations to ensure an effective fight against the triple challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, for unity of purpose and unity of action conscious of the fact that we have One Earth, we are One Family and have One Future. The Union Minister added that he looked forward to welcoming all at the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting at Chennai in the month of July.</span><br />