At COP26 event, PM Modi says adaptation key in climate change battle

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the world would have to make adaptation the main part of our development policies and schemes to fight climate change.

Addressing a side event on ‘Action and Solidarity – The Critical Decade’, convened by his counterpart from United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, Modi said climate adaptation did not get as much importance as mitigation in the international climate debate and it was an injustice to vulnerable countries.

Speaking about the need to include in the school syllabus the importance of living in harmony with nature as per traditional practices, Modi said just like in India, climate was a big challenge for agriculture sector for most developing countries.