Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech at UNSG's Summit on Climate Change, quoted Mahatma Gandhi and said, "we believe that an ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching". Speaking at Summit, PM Modi mentioned  ‘Champion of Earth Award’ he received last year and said, it is a happy coincidence that subject of his first meeting in New York is ‘Climate’. Prime Minister reiterated that  efforts me to avert climate change were t eugh.

“Various efforts are being me by different countries to fight climate change but we must accept that if we have to overcome a serious challenge like climate change n what we are doing at moment is t sufficient,” he said.

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Need for a comprehensive approach

PM Modi called for a comprehensive approach towards fight against climate change. “Today, re is a need for a comprehensive approach which should include education, lifestyle, development and philosophy as well,” he said. “re is a need for a global movement to bring behavioural change,” Prime Minister ded. He also talked about Ujjwala scheme at Summit and said  government has provided clean cooking gas connections to millions of families. 

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Single-use plastic ban

Prime Minister has been constantly speaking against single-use plastic and has me several appeals to get rid of it. At Summit, he again mentioned menace of single-use plastic and hoped for its riddance. “On this year's India's Independence Day, we called for a mass movement to have freedom from single-use plastic. I hope that this will raise awareness against us of single-use plastic, at a global level,” said PM Modi. 

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target for renewable energy

PM Modi also me his intentions clear on extensive use of renewable energy in coming future and anunced an ambitious target of 450 gigawatts capacity in renewable energy. "By 2022, we will increase renewable energy capacity to 175 GW and we are committed to increasing it to 450 GW. We are encouraging e-mobility in transport sector," he said. "In biofuel mixing, we have progressed greatly by mixing petrol with diesel," PM Modi ded.