Alliance Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change bhupender Yadav. File | Image source: ANI
“Despite the least role in the climate crisis, India is committed to contributing to climate action with the urgency of its demands,” Alliance Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Friday (May 16, 2025).
Solve the first editionSagarmatha Sambaad“The minister said that global climate change and its impact on mountainous areas, the global carbon budget is rapidly depleting, and developed countries continue to disproportionately acquire the remaining remaining share.
The global carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted into the atmosphere while maintaining the global average temperature rise since 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Mr Yadav said the commitment of developed countries to provide climate financing, technology transfer and capacity building has been deeply ignored, exacerbating the climate crisis of greater responsibility. He added that the dialogue was not only a forum for discussion, but also a call for collective and coordinated action.
“Under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, India is firmly committed to contributing to climate action with the urgency of its demands, even though we have little effect on the crisis it faces,” Yadav said.
He said India is negotiating climate action to incorporate sustainability into the structure of its development paradigm and, under the guidance of Mission Life, a targeted initiative focusing on sustainable and meticulous use of resources. The minister said the Himalayas bear an important part of the burden of environmental crisis.
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“We have witnessed these effects firsthand in India’s Himalayan territory. We share the concerns of the mountains and their people. Our environmental futures are essentially linked to it,” he said.
However, he stressed that these futures also depend on collective action by all countries in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the principles of fair and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities.
He said that until 2020, South Asia accounted for only 4% of global carbon dioxide emissions, although nearly 25% of the global population.
The minister expressed hope that the dialogue will pave the way for scientific cooperation in mountainous climate change, establish climate resilience and ensure adequate and predictable climate financing for the mountains.
He said India is committed to working closely with Nepal and all Himalayan countries and other global partners.
Mr Yadav also mentioned that as part of the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign, India has planted 1.42 billion saplings, including 72.1 million trees in the Himalayas region of India. The country also has a national mission to maintain the Himalayan ecosystem, promoting climate-rich agriculture and enhancing disaster preparation.
publishing – May 16, 2025 at 12:36 pm IST
