India pitches for LiFE style for environment at COP27

Sharm-El Sheikh: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, inaugurated India Pavilion with the theme of LiFE- Lifestyle for Environment at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The Pavilion has been designed to send out the message of LiFE through various audio-visuals, Logo, 3D models, set up, décor and side events.

Welcoming the delegates from all the countries to India Pavilion, Yadav said that Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi has provided a simple solution to the complex climate change problem.

He said that India believes that climate action starts from the grassroots, individual level and hence designed the India Pavilion with the theme of LiFE- Lifestyle for Environment.

On this occasion, Yadav also felicitated the COP Young Scholars from India who worked towards Positive Climate Change solutions.

“I am confident that, throughout the duration of COP, India Pavilion will continue to remind the delegates that simple lifestyle and individual practices that are sustainable in nature can help protect Mother Earth,” said the Union Environment Minister Shri Yadav.

“India looks forward to substantial progress in the discussions related to climate finance. We also look forward to the introduction of new technologies, and new collaborations to facilitate technology transfers,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the concept of LiFE — Lifestyle for the Environment — at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow November last year.

The LiFE movement seeks to transform persons into ‘pro-planet people’, who would adopt sustainable lifestyles in the modern world.