PM Modi speech at 14th COP to UNCCD in Greater Noida | Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the 14th Conference of Parties to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It is also leading to land degradation be it due to the rise in sea levels and wave action, erratic rainfall and storms, sand storms caused by hot temperatures." "I would like to announce that India would raise its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation status, from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030." "The other two Rio Conventions that emerged as a major outcome of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit were the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity.