Dear Colleagues, please find my Friday blog on "Will India achieve the SDG 2030 Agenda before Time?" published in #FocusGlobalReporter. Please f...
Published on by Dr. Arvind Kumar, India Water Foundation - President
The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 presidency and its remarkable achievements in the Sustainable Development Goals and issues related to Climate Action in context of developmental priorities. This exchange of views becomes particularly significant in light of the upcoming SDG summit in September this year. India currently has the capacity to generate just over 40% of its power from renewable sources so the 50% target is achievable by 2030, according to the UN and Climate Action Tracker. India has highlighted many times that it wants to bring a third of its land area under forest cover, which can help absorb carbon from the atmosphere and plans to plant enough trees by 2030 to absorb an additional 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. Incentivizing, steering and advancing transformation is complex and can often result in unintended consequences or trade-offs. The reality on ground and actions to achieve these commitments will define us at the global platforms.............Click on the link ahead to read the complete blog https://www.focusglobalreporter.org/will-india-achieve-the-sdg-2030-agenda-before-time/