NEW DELHI: The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has followed two resolutions piloted by means of India on single-use plastics and sustainable nitrogen management. According to a statement released by means of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the resolutions were followed at the fourth session of UNEA which was once held in Nairobi from March 11 to 15 on 'Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Production and Consumption'.
"The global nitrogen use efficiency is low, resulting in pollution by reactive nitrogen which threatens human health and eco system services, and contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion," a ministry reputable mentioned.
"Only a small proportion of plastics produced globally is recycled with most of it damaging the environment and aquatic bio-diversity. Both these are global challenges and the resolutions piloted by India at the UNEA are vital first steps towards addressing these issues and attracting focus of the global community," he mentioned.
India additionally hosted, in the High-Level Segment of UNEA, a session on 'Global Partnerships: Key to Unlocking Resource Efficiency and Inclusive Green Economies' which was once attended by means of representatives of member states, civil society organizations, private sector bodies, main monetary establishments and countries like Germany, Brazil and South Africa.
The Indian delegation additionally participated in the panel dialogue on 'Need for Additional Commitments of Public Finance and ways to Maximize Mobilization of Climate Finance', the statement mentioned.
"It was once highlighted that climate finance is crucial lever for climate motion related to each mitigation and adaption in developing countries. The contributions to climate finance need to be in consonance with the elemental rules of not unusual however differentiated accountability and respective features (CBDR-RC).
"Climate finance is extra of a duty of the developed countries according to their historical emissions. The availability of enough, additional and predictable climate finance is a key for motion. India has been starting up home climate movements, each related to climate alternate mitigation and adaptation, primarily through its personal monetary assets. There is a sense of urgency for monetary beef up to developing countries, that have now not been so liable for those global environmental considerations," the statement added.
"The global nitrogen use efficiency is low, resulting in pollution by reactive nitrogen which threatens human health and eco system services, and contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion," a ministry reputable mentioned.
"Only a small proportion of plastics produced globally is recycled with most of it damaging the environment and aquatic bio-diversity. Both these are global challenges and the resolutions piloted by India at the UNEA are vital first steps towards addressing these issues and attracting focus of the global community," he mentioned.
India additionally hosted, in the High-Level Segment of UNEA, a session on 'Global Partnerships: Key to Unlocking Resource Efficiency and Inclusive Green Economies' which was once attended by means of representatives of member states, civil society organizations, private sector bodies, main monetary establishments and countries like Germany, Brazil and South Africa.
The Indian delegation additionally participated in the panel dialogue on 'Need for Additional Commitments of Public Finance and ways to Maximize Mobilization of Climate Finance', the statement mentioned.
"It was once highlighted that climate finance is crucial lever for climate motion related to each mitigation and adaption in developing countries. The contributions to climate finance need to be in consonance with the elemental rules of not unusual however differentiated accountability and respective features (CBDR-RC).
"Climate finance is extra of a duty of the developed countries according to their historical emissions. The availability of enough, additional and predictable climate finance is a key for motion. India has been starting up home climate movements, each related to climate alternate mitigation and adaptation, primarily through its personal monetary assets. There is a sense of urgency for monetary beef up to developing countries, that have now not been so liable for those global environmental considerations," the statement added.
UNEA adopts India's resolutions on single-use plastic, sustainable nitrogen management
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