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Pradeep Kumar

11/02/21 09:58 AM IST

World Sustainable Development Summit 2021

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 via video conferencing

Theme

‘Redefining our common future: Safe and secure environment for all’.

World Sustainable Development Summit
  • The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
  • Instituted in 2001, the Summit series has marked 20 years in its journey of making ‘sustainable development’ a globally shared goal.
  • The World Sustainable Development Summit will bring together a wide number of business leaders, governments, climate scientists, academicians, youth, and civil society in the fight against climate change.
  • Adaptation and resilience, energy and industry transition, climate finance, nature-based solutions, clean oceans, circular economy, and air pollution are among the range of topics that will be discussed during the summit.
  • The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Earth Sciences is the key partners of the Sustainable Development Summit.
Objective

Post the signing of the Paris Agreement and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, the summit aims at providing long-term solutions for the benefits of the global community by bringing together various stakeholders on a single platform and taking a step in a direction of achieving constructive action in combating issues that are significant to the future of humanity.

Source: PIB

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