2021: Year of Indo-French alliance towards a Greener Planet
Context: Minister for Environment,Forest and Climate Change and French Minister for Ecological Transition launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment.
- The basic objective is to strengthen Indo-French cooperation in sustainable development, increase the effectiveness of actions in favor of global environment protection and give them greater visibility.
- India-France alliance in working towards climate change.
- The Indo-French Year of the Environment over the period 2021-2022 would be based on five main themes:
- environmental protection,
- climate change,
- biodiversity conservation,
- sustainable urban development, and
- the development of renewable energies and energy efficiency.
- It is also a platform for engaging in discussions on critical areas of collaboration relating to environment and allied areas.