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In a joint effort, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) are set to organise a workshop entitled “Green Development Pact (GDP) for a Sustainable Future” in India on November 9, 2023, at Le Meridien, Connaught Place, New Delhi. The workshop holds the objective of gathering practical insights to facilitate the implementation of the Green Development Pact, as part of a series of discussions connected to the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration.

India’s G20 presidency underscored the importance of cooperative solutions in addressing global challenges and successfully secured the adoption of the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration on the Green Development Pact. The workshop aims to generate actionable recommendations for the effective execution of the Green Development Pact, with a specific focus on energy transition, ecosystem conservation, and disaster-resilient infrastructure. The outcomes of the workshop will be consolidated into an outcome document that will serve as a blueprint for sustainable climate action on a global scale.

The workshop is structured into three distinct sessions, each intended to culminate in specific action points and strategies necessary to realize the vision outlined in the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration:

Implementing Clean, Sustainable, Just, Affordable & Inclusive Energy Transition – Addressing energy security, technology access, and innovation while ensuring affordability and reliability in deploying clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies is of paramount importance. Simultaneously, there is a pressing need to facilitate low-cost finance and support dependable, diversified, and responsible supply chains. Discussions within this segment will revolve around energy security, access, affordability, sustainability, and justice.

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Restoring, Conserving, and Sustainably Using Ecosystems – The Leaders’ Declaration underscores the critical role of healthy ecosystems in tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, drought, land degradation, pollution, food insecurity, and water scarcity. This theme encompasses topics such as mainstreaming lifestyles for sustainable development (LiFE), designing a circular economy, and combatting plastic pollution.

Adaptation and Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure – Acknowledging the disproportionate impact of climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, and pollution on vulnerable communities, with a particular focus on women and girls, the Leaders’ Declaration emphasizes the need for national and community resilience building. This session will delve into subjects including climate forecasting, mainstreaming disaster risk and resilience, preparations at the coastal state and city levels, and financing climate resilience.

The workshop is poised to bring together diverse perspectives from experts, entrepreneurs, innovators, academia, representatives of think tanks, and government officials working on energy, environment, climate, and disaster resilience. It aims to chart the path forward and identify the requisite resources to achieve the objectives and outcomes outlined in the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration.

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