The Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles, Piyush Goyal has urged the industry to focus more on sustainability. He also gave three action points to climate warriors.
He called upon the climate warriors to adopt Climateprenurship as a mission and asked them to ensure that 21st century inventions ushered in a new dawn of climate justice.
Secondly, the Minister asked for growth to be decoupled from carbon emissions with greater industry participation and investment in technology for Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Electric Vehicles.
Thirdly, he said that change must start at home and,in this regard, urged Indian households to shift to sustainable, organic, natural products in daily life.
Addressing “ONLY ONE EARTH – a discussion on Environment,” a Special Interactive Session on Environment organised by the India Pavilion and Bhamla Foundation at Expo 2020, he expressed happiness that environment and sustainability had taken centre stage at the Dubai Expo.
The Minister opined that the India Pavilion was a perfect example of bringing sustainability into action, as it had been constructed on principles of water and energy, conservation and recycling.
He added that as a signatory to the Paris Agreement, Modi Government had walked the talk on green energy. India is the only G20 nation that’s well on track to achieve the goals mentioned under Paris Agreement.
Listing the milestones India had achieved in the field of renewable energy, the Minister said that India’s installed non-fossil energy capacity, which is the 4th largest in the world, had increased by almost 300 per cent in the last 7.5 years and stood at more than 150 GW today. He added that India had one of the world’s lowest solar tariffs at Rs. 2.14 kW/h.
The Minister said that India’s vision for development was based on 5Ps: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. He underscored the Government’s focus is on converting ‘Waste to Energy’ and ‘Waste to Wealth’.
“Sustainable living was no longer an option for us. Today, there is a need for all of us to come together and take Lifestyle For Environment (LIFE) forward as a campaign,” he concluded.
