Calling India and Germany’s collaboration deep, German Special envoy for international climate action Jennifer Morgan hailed India’s climate goals.
She said that both countries can work together in areas like renewables, green hydrogen and energy efficiency at a time when the world is vulnerable.
“I think German Indian collaboration is long and deep, at least 60 years of collaboration and I think we’re very honoured to work in that partnership with India, which we benefit from quite a lot and really been here to listen, understand, and see how we can deepen our collaboration. We are far away from what is needed in our climate on implementing the Paris agreement. And I think right now having time to sit and listen to each other and see how we can work together is very, very important” said Morgan, the special envoy in the German Foreign Ministry.
The envoy while highlighting the Russia – Ukraine war also pointed out Europe’s dependency on ‘one country’ and “the link between fossil fuel imports, energy, climate security and peace.”
Morgan further said, “But we also know that the more we’re able to reduce emissions, we’re able to transform our economies to zero carbon and less impacts there will be. So, we take our responsibility very seriously.”
Morgan said, “We have a 2045 greenhouse gas neutral climate law, binding law, which looked are all targets to be in climate neutral by 2045. And last year, we actually accelerated that energy transformation. We passed the largest legislative package on energy. To scale up renewable energy to 80 per cent by 2030.”
Stressing upon Germany’s climate plan, the envoy said that her country “takes climate finance commitments very seriously’ and ‘how the economies can be growing and investing in renewable energy and Energy Efficiency resilience”.
She added, “I think it’s not only about that. We really need to be looking at how we can unlock the trillions because that’s how our economies can be growing and investing in renewable energy and Energy Efficiency resilience building shifts and transport as well.”(MILAP NEWS NETWORK)
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