4th edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action

4^th edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action:

         Recently, the 4^th edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action was organised to advance discussions on implementation of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC). It was co-chaired by European Union, China and Canada. The participating countries exchanged their views on how they are aligning economic recovery plas amid COVID-19, with the Paris Agreement.

        India highlighted that developed country parties have not fulfilled their promise for extending financial and technological support to developing countries as envisaged under UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement.

        The developed countries had promised to provide USD 1 trillion by 2020.

 India's Effort in Combating Climate Change:   India has provided 80 million LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in rural areas, providing the people with clean cooking fuel and a healthy environment.

   It has distributed more than 360 million LED bulbs under the UJALA scheme, which has led to energy saving of about 47 billion units of electricity per year and reduction of 38 million tones of CO2 per year.

  India has also shifted from Bharat Stage -IV (BS-IV) to Bharat Stage -VI(BS-VI) emission norms from 1^st April 2020 which was earlier to be adopted by 2024.