Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in World Leaders Summit on COP26 in Glasgow this afternoon

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Nov 01, 2021

2:22PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in World Leaders Summit on COP26 in Glasgow this afternoon

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Glasgow to attend the World Leader’s Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP-26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. During the two-day visit, Mr. Modi will also hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of COP-26 including with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A large number of people from the Indian community were at the hotel to welcome the Prime Minister on his arrival to Glasgow. In a tweet, Mr. Modi said, he looks forward to working with other world leaders on mitigating climate change and articulating India’s efforts in this regard.

The COP-26 summit will end on the 12th of this month and during this period, meetings will collectively discuss over one hundred agenda items. The high-level segment of the COP-26 is being held today and tomorrow in which Heads of State of more than 120 countries are participating. At COP-26, the parties will work to achieve the completion of Paris Agreement implementation guidelines, the mobilization of climate finance, actions to strengthen climate adaptation, technology development and transfer and keeping in reach the Paris Agreement goals of limiting the rise in global temperatures. The periodic Conferences of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have emerged as global climate summits, providing an opportunity for stocktaking and for charting the way forward.