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Prakash Javadekar

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2021-02-23
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  1. “Let us view climate change as a wake-up call and an opportunity to strengthen multilateralism and seek equitable and inclusive solutions to leave a greener, cleaner and a sustainable world for our future generations. May all sentient beings be at peace, may no one suffer from illness, may all see what is auspicious, may no one suffer. Peace, peace, peace.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  2. “That not only improves public perception of Government legitimacy but also shores up the capacity of States to address climate risks before they become fragile. Donor countries should provide greater financial, technological and capacity-building assistance to help fragile States put in place the necessary adaptation and mitigation strategies to combat the impact of climate change. Mahatma Gandhi once said that “there is enough for everybody’s need and not for everybody’s greed”. Let us then make the transition to a more climate-friendly lifestyle by adapting to a low carbon-development pathway, based on our needs and not on our greed.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  3. “The International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure are two such initiatives by India that have been launched to address the challenges of climate change and adaptation. There is a significant opportunity for countries to integrate low-carbon development in their coronavirus disease rescue and recovery measures and long- term mitigation strategies that are scheduled to be announced for the reconvened twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 26), in 2021.To better integrate climate-change adaptation and peacebuilding, we would suggest the building of robust governance structures at the local, national and regional levels to address climate- and fragility-related risks.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  4. “We have expanded access to clean cooking fuel to more than 80 million households. This is among the largest clean energy drives globally. Our recent commitments of installing 450 gigawatts of renewable energy, the elimination of single-use plastic, 100 per cent railway electrification and the creation of an additional carbon sink by restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land among other measures have only added to our climate ambitions. India strongly believes that the only way to generate persistent, long-term and positive action in the climate-change domain is through partnerships by undertaking collective action to make a lasting and sustainable impact.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  5. “There is an urgent need to promote and support the meaningful participation of women and marginalized groups in national-level climate change policy and planning processes. India has taken significant steps to fight climate change and has delivered on its commitments. Its mitigation strategies have emphasized clean and efficient energy systems; a safe, smart and sustainable green mass urban transportation network; planned afforestation; and integrating green thinking across all production and consumption sectors. India is the only country on track among the Group of 20 nations to meet its climate-change mitigation commitments. We are not only meeting our Paris Agreement targets but will also exceed them. India currently has the fastest-growing solar energy programme in the world.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  6. “However, while the commitment by developed countries to jointly mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 in support of climate action in developing countries has been central to the climate accords since 2009, the delivery on this commitment has been elusive. The impacts of climate change and its associated security risks have important gender dimensions. Women and girls experience the interplay between climate change and peace and security in direct and profound ways. Since women are often the providers of food, water and energy for their families, they are likely to face increased challenges in accessing resources owing to climate change. As the primary caregivers, women are often living on the front lines of climate change and have distinct knowledge and experience to contribute to building effective adaptation strategies.”

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  7. “Climate action needs to go hand in hand with the framework for financial, technical and capacity-building support to countries that need it. While climate change does not directly or inherently cause violent conflict, its interaction with other social, political and economic factors can nonetheless exacerbate drivers of conflict and fragility and have negative impacts on peace, stability and security. It is for precisely that reason that developing countries’ nationally determined contributions included information on adaptation activities and the need for finance, technology development and transfer, capacity-building and transparency.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  8. “Parties are nowhere required to communicate on climate-related security risks in their contributions. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the nationally determined contributions submitted in the first round has shown that Member States see climate change as a risk to the well-being of their citizens and, to some degree, their economies, but never as a risk to social stability, national sovereignty or the functioning of the State. Of the 16 countries that had submitted S/2021/198 S/2021/198 their updated contributions to the UNFCCC secretariat by October 2020, none have framed climate change as a risk to peace and stability. The idea of climate action should not be to move the climate ambition goalpost to 2050. It is important for countries to fulfil their pre-2020 commitments.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  9. “In a number of fragile contexts, where Governments are struggling to provide basic services owing to capacity and legitimacy issues, instances of chronic emergency conditions and famine risks are largely driven by continued political violence disrupting harvests and aid supplies rather than by climate factors alone. This underscores the idea that a complete picture of climate vulnerability emerges only with an assessment of the State’s capacity to be the primary responder to interrelated environmental, social, economic and security dynamics. The nationally determined contributions are largely about mitigation commitments and adaptation requirements that collectively determine whether countries will achieve the Paris goal of limiting the global average temperate increase to well below 2°C.”

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  10. “The 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report, entitled “Climate Change and Land”, says that extreme weather and climate or slow-onset events may lead to increased displacement, disrupted food chains and threatened livelihoods and could contribute to exacerbated stresses for conflict. Even the best science available claims that climate change only exacerbates conflict and is not a reason for conflict and does not threaten peace and security. There is no common, widely accepted methodology for assessing the links between climate change, conflict and fragility. Fragility and climate impact are highly context-specific. In addition, both peace and conflict assessments, as well as vulnerability assessments, face significant challenges when it comes to data availability and impact measurement.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  11. “The global community has addressed the issue of climate change through various mechanisms, central to which are the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement negotiated under the Framework. Together they represent a delicately balanced global democratic effort to take climate action in a nationally determined manner based on certain fundamental agreed principles — foremost among which is that of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities — and which must underlie all future discussions on climate change. Therefore, before we start discussing the issue of the securitization of climate, we need to ensure that we are not building a parallel climate track where these mechanisms and principles are brushed aside or not duly considered.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  12. “I would like to begin my statement with a short hymn from the Sukla Yajurveda. “Let there be balance in the space, the sky, the Earth! Let there be growth in the plants, in the trees! Let there be grace in God and bliss in the soul. Let there be balance in everything and let such peace be with every one of us! From this Vedic message it is clear that the environment belongs to all living beings, so it needs protection by all and for the welfare of all.” Climate change is a defining issue of our time. Without drastic actions by us collectively, adapting to its impacts will definitely be more difficult and cost more, in fact it might well be impossible.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source