<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>SOURCE – PIB</span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>GS PAPER – 3</span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>CONTEXT- </span></b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of the G20 countries took place today through video conferencing under the Presidency of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Representing India, Union Environment, Climate Change and Forest Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar said, India has taken significant steps to protect environment and forest and wildlife as well as combating pollution and climate change.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>ABOUT </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-right:8px; margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>It aims to strengthen the implementation of existing frameworks to prevent, halt, and reverse land degradation within G20 member states and globally, taking into account possible implications on the achievement of other SDGs and adhering to the principle of doing no harm.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-right:8px; margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The Global Coral Reef R&D Accelerator Platform is an innovative action-oriented initiative aimed at creating a global research and development (R&D) program to advance research, innovation and capacity building in all facets of coral reef conservation, restoration, and adaptation, and strengthen ongoing efforts and commitments made to enhance coral reefs conservation and their further degradation.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style=”margin-right:8px; margin-bottom:7px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>G20 – </span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-right:8px; margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The Group of Twenty (<b>G20</b>), a collection of twenty of the world's largest economies formed in 1999, was conceived as a bloc that would bring together the most important industrialized and developing economies to discuss international economic and financial stability.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-right:8px; margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>It consists of 19 individual countries, including the US, Russia, China, Japan, Australia, Saudi, plus the European Union.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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