India said the world needs to ensure that when the Stockholm conference turns 75, it can look back with satisfaction of our collective action — to leave no one behind
Reiterating that the principles outlined during the 1972 Stockholm conference remain relevant even today, India has said the world needs to ensure that when the Stockholm conference turns 75, it can look back with satisfaction of our collective action — to leave no one behind. This was Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav making India’s statement this Thursday on the first day of the two-day Stockholm+50 conference being held to mark the 50 years of the 1972’s first UN conference on human environment.
The Stockholm+50 opened earlier in the day with a call to accelerate urgent climate action for a healthy planet for the prosperity of all. Heads of the governments, Environment Ministers, think-tanks, NGOs, researchers, students, activists, the entire gamut of stakeholders in the environmental movement attended the prestigious event. “Climate justice aims at providing a level playing field to all communities across the world by empowering them with financial and technology from interventions,” Yadav said as he read out his brief India statement…Read More
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