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Sikkim
Lok Sabha MP Prem Das Rai presented the GLOBE COP21 Legislators Summit
Communiqué to MoS Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at the annual Meet of the Mountain
States in New Delhi on 11 December 2015. The event was organized by Integrated
Mountain Initiative to celebrate the International Mountain Day.
Rai
updated the gathering about his participation at the UNFCC COP 21 in Paris,
particularly the keen interest in supporting measures for disaster risk
reduction in mountain states shown by Margareta Walhstrom, Special
Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The
GLOBE COP21 Legislators Summit was hosted by the Assemblée Nationale, France’s
National Parliament, and supported by GLOBE France in collaboration with the
GLOBE International secretariat. The summit was attended by over 221
parliamentarians from over 67 countries.
The
theme of the summit was TOWARDS COHERENCE & IMPACT: The challenge of Paris
and the 2030 Agenda for a prosperous and sustainable world.
The
Summit concluded with for more integrated action on the climate and 2030
Agenda, and greater parliamentary engagement in implementation. The legislators
committed to:
1.
Ensuring consistency of national legislation and policies on climate and of
other societal objectives, such as access to energy, gender equality and
financing for development;
2.
Ensuring that all necessary means are put in place on national level to
implement the Paris Agreement through advancing legislative action and
strengthening the dialogue with all other stakeholders;
3.
Reviewing INDCs and/or national climate change action plans to ensure
appropriate ambition, funding and coherence with commitments under the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk
Reduction and other related international processes;
4.
Accelerating the ratification of the Doha Amendment establishing the second
commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and achieving the ratification of the
Paris Agreement by the end of June 2017;
5.
Increasing effective scrutiny of implementing national legislation on climate
and improving transparency and accountability on climate action.
Rai,
along with Bhubaneswar Kalita (Rajya Sabha MP, Assam), Jairam Ramesh (Rajya
Sabha MP, Andhra Pradesh), Sanjay Jaiswal (Lok Sabha MP, Bihar), V.P. Singh
Badnore (Rajya Sabha MP, Rajasthan), Mmhonlumo Kikon (Parliamentary Secretary
for Labour& Employment, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Border
Affairs, Government of Nagaland), Malini Mehra (Chief Executive, GLOBE
International) and Pranav Sinha (Director, GLOBE India) were part of the GLOBE
India delegation to the summit.
GLOBE
is an international network of legislators comprised of national parliamentarians
from over 70 countries and chapters established in over 40 legislature, that
are committed to finding legislative solutions to the challenges posed by
climate change and sustainable development.
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