UNCCD meet concludes with Delhi Declaration
Member countries have agreed to make the SDG of achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030 a national target for action.
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Tag: Prakash Javadekar
Modi moots holistic land-water goals at UNCCD meet
An actionable document in the form of Delhi Declaration is to be announced tomorrow at the 12-day meet that started on 2 Sept.
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UN body meet to combat desertification
PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the high-level segment meeting on 9 September, while Delhi Declaration is to form the future course of action on land degradation.
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Center releases Rs 47,436 crore for afforestation
The fund is expected to create an additional carbon sink equivalent of up to 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide by the year 2030.
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India to restore 50 lakh ha of degraded land by 2030
Environment and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar spoke of India’s resolve ahead of UNCCD meet to be held on 2–13 September 2019 near Delhi.
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Wind power companies to get lease rent waiver
So far, to establish wind power project over forest land, the wind power companies had to pay additional lease rent of Rs 30,000 per MW.
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Annual climate finance of $100B a must: BASIC meet
BASIC ministers, meeting on climate change in São Paulo, Brazil, have urged developed countries to fulfill their climate finance commitments of mobilizing USD 100 billion annually by 2020 for developing countries.
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BRICS resolves to fix urban environmental issues
India already has J78GW of renewable energy in place while forest cover has increased by nearly 15,000 sq. km and tree cover outside the forest is increasing rapidly, Javadekar said.
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Campaign to rid India of one-time-use plastics
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar is in Sao Paulo, Brazil to attend the ministerial meetings of BRICS and BASIC countries.
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