India reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable development, equitable climate action, and ecosystem-based approaches at the G20 Climate and Environmental Sustainability Working Group Ministerial Meeting held on Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa.

“India truly believes and supports ecosystem-based approaches, participatory implementation, and landscape-level conservation models as proposed in the biodiversity and conservation rack,” said Bhupender Yadav, Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, while delivering India's national statement. The minister cautioned against the commodification of biodiversity, calling for deeper global deliberations on the issue.

Global recognition welcomed

On the themes of land degradation, desertification, drought, and water sustainabilit

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