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World Sustainable Development Summit 2022
The Prime Minister addressed the The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit.
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The Prime Minister discussed the LED bulbs distribution scheme that has been running for over seven years that had reportedly saved close to 220 billion units of electricity and prevented 180 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
- The National Hydrogen Mission aims to tap into ‘green hydrogen’ and it was up to the academic and research institutes such as TERI to come up with scalable solutions.
Prime Minister also mentioned international recognition for India’s efforts by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and India now having 49 Ramsar sites (wetlands) spread over more than 1 million hectares.
- Restoring degraded land has been one of the main focus areas since 2015 and more than 11.5 million hectares have been restored.
- India firmly believes in fulfilling all its commitments made under the UNFCCC. India also raised its ambitions during CoP-26 at Glasgow.
Prime Minister also mentioned, India has fulfilled its commitments by ensuring that equitable energy access to the poor remains a cornerstone of its environmental policy.
- These included initiatives such as 90 million households getting access to clean cooking fuel under the Ujjwala Yojana scheme.
- And farmers being encouraged to set up solar panels under the PM KUSUM scheme where farmers could use and sell surplus power to the grid, which would promote sustainability and equity.
World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)
The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is the annual event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The WSDS 2022 will be held under the umbrella theme of ‘Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future'.
It has been conceptualized as a single platform to accelerate action towards sustainable development and climate change.
It aims to bring together global leaders and thinkers in the fields of sustainable development, energy and environment sectors on a common platform.
