On October 7, 2021, India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People during a ceremony between the French and Indian governments held at New Delhi, India.In this regard, Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India handed over the signed HAC agreement to Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India.
- This joining comes ahead of high-level biodiversity meeting to be virtually hosted by China on October 11-15, 2021.
- India’s decision to join the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, was initiated at the “One Planet Summit” in Paris in January 2021.
About HAC for Nature & People:
India is the first of the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to join the HAC. It is a group of more than 70 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair
- It encourages the adoption of global deal to protect at least 30% of world’s land and ocean by 2030 i.e. 30*30.
- The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People is an intergovernmental group of 70 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair.
Recent Related News:
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has released a report titled, “The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)” which states that number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years.
About Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEF&CC):
Union Minister– Bhupender Yadav(Rajya Sabha- Rajasthan)
Minister of State– Ashwini Kumar Choubey(Constituency- Buxar, Bihar)
