How to keep planet Earth alive and well
NEW DELHI : At the COP27 Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November, UN Secretary-General António Guterres painted a sobering picture of the global climate trajectory. “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator," he said in a stark warning about the perilous journey ahead. While nations are embracing the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) defined at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in 2012, corporations are also trying out sustainability initiatives in the ESG (environment, social and governance) space.
Yet, things aren’t moving as fast as required, experts said. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the annual mean global surface temperature was 1.15 degrees higher than the baseline in 2022. The baseline refers to temperatures seen in the pre-industrial era.
The WMO estimates that, between 2023 and 2027, this temperature will be 1.1-1.8 degree higher, potentially surpassing the tipping point of 1.5 degrees, which, if breached, would lead to irreversible climate chaos. Will it be possible to halt the rise or at least slow it down? Amid conversations on countering the possible existential danger to humanity, Mint has assembled India’s leading experts for a deep dive into the issues facing the Indian economy from a green angle. The Mint Sustainability Summit, to be held in New Delhi today, will see a star-studded galaxy of speakers debating the issues and striving to find solutions to the challenging road ahead.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, along with key figures like Sumant Sinha of ReNew Power and Arunabha Ghosh of CEEW, alongside corporate leaders like R.P. Gupta of Solar Energy Corp. of India, Gurdeep Singh
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