CoP-28: Let local climate actions outdo our global commitments
Narendra Modi. At CoP-26 held in Glasgow, India launched the Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) initiative, recognizing the necessity of behavioural change to drive climate-friendly solutions among individuals, communities and organizations.
At CoP-26, the Prime Minister called upon all stakeholders to contribute to defining our future choices, and was rightly lauded by the global community for the focus he brought to individual behaviour change. Merely enhancing clean supply solutions without creating popular demand would lead to partial success at best.
In the last two years, however, the country has made little substantive progress on this critically important issue. Some demand changes have been effected, as seen for example in the robust growth of electric vehicles (EVs), but this was driven primarily through sector-specific incentive schemes.
We have not succeeded in making EVs a preferred choice for vehicle users for sustainability reasons. India needs to take greater control of its domestic vulnerabilities while keeping the pressure on for climate justice internationally.
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