India, Denmark can show world that delivering on sustainable energy goals is possible: Bhupender Yadav
Feb 28, 2023
New Delhi [India], February 28 : Union Minister Bhupender Yadav said the Indo-Danish Green Strategic Partnership is an appropriate forum to exchange ideas, best practices, knowledge, technology, capacity building for promoting sustainable lifestyles including LiFE, not only in Denmark and India but for Europe and the whole world.
Addressing The India - Denmark: Partners for Green and Sustainable Progress Conference today in New Delhi Yadav said that since the launch of the "Green Strategic Partnership" during the Virtual Summit on 28 September 2020 between Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the bilateral cooperation is focussed on promoting green and sustainable development.
He said that during the visit of PM Modi to Denmark in May 2022, India and Denmark agreed to further strengthen the Green Strategic Partnership with a focus on green hydrogen, renewable energy and wastewater management.
The Minister said that Green Strategic Partnership between Denmark and India opened a new chapter in the friendly and cooperative relations between the countries.
Bhupendra Yadav said that India and Denmark have set very ambitious national targets on climate and energy that will contribute to an ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement. Together, the two countries can show the world that delivering on ambitious climate and sustainable energy goals is possible. It is also necessary, at the same time, to commit ourselves to the founding principles of the Rio Convention, he added.
The Minister said, "Unsustainable production and consumption need urgent attention if we are to confront the global environmental and climate change-related challenges that we face today. We need to act fast before it is too late."
Yadav said that at the recently concluded COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, the importance of sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production (SCP) in global efforts to combat climate change was underscored.
He further said that as the world's most populous democracy and a vibrant emerging economy, India seeks to lead by example, and invited the global community to be a part of Mission LiFE for individual, family and community-based actions.
He said that India is making rapid strides towards inclusive and overall sustainable development, especially in the environmental dimension and this is being done both at a national level and globally through international partnerships.
The Minister said that India and Denmark's shared commitment to address climate change is exemplified by strategic sector cooperation on offshore wind and renewable energy, as well as the India-Denmark Energy Partnership (INDEP) on capacity building and technology transfer in the areas of offshore wind, energy modelling, and integration of renewable energy.
