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COP26 President Alok Sharma at the Valedictory session of the World Sustainable Development Summit
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Thank you so much.
Friends, ladies, gentlemen, honourable guests.
Good afternoon from Nigeria. I’ve been here over the past twenty-four hours and I’ve had a range of productive meetings with the Vice President, other government ministers, and civil society on our shared need to act urgently to tackle climate change.
And it is an absolute pleasure to be joining you today and a very great thanks to my friend Dr Mathur for inviting me to participate in this very important summit.
PM Modi to inaugurate World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 today
The 20th edition of The Energy and Resources Institute s (TERI) flagship event, the World Sustainable Development Summit, will be held online from February 10 to February 12. February 10, 2021 / 08:33 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 on February 10 at 6:30 pm via video conferencing.
As per an official release, the theme of the Summit is Redefining our common future: Safe and secure environment for all . Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea; Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the People s Majlis, Republic of Maldives; Amina J Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, and Prakash Javadekar, Union minister of environment, forest, and Climate Change will be present on the occasion, it stated.
The 20th edition of The Energy and Resources Institute`s (TERI) flagship event, the World Sustainable Development Summit, will be held online from February 10 to February 12 and will bring together a wide number of governments, business leaders, academicians, climate scientists, youth, and the civil society in the fight against climate change.
During the video conferencing address, PM Modi said, "India's intent is supported by concrete action. Powered by spirited public efforts, we are on track to exceed our commitments and targets from Paris. We are committed to reduce emissions intensity of GDP by 33 to 35 percent from 2005 levels."