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.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692975