Mumbai: Ahead of the Climate Change Conference ‘COP26’ will be held in the UK, 43 Maharashtra City will join the ‘Ras Zero’ global campaign that is not supported to reduce pollution, announce the Minister of Environment Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday.
Amrut (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) City and urban groups will strive to prevent climate threats, create jobs, and open fair and sustainable growth.
These cities include Chandrapur, Malegaon, Mira-Bhayandar, Sangli-Miraj, Akola, Satara, Amrarnath, Amravati, Solapur, Thane, Badlapur, Jalgaon, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi, Panvāpur, Kolhapur, Kolhapur and Pimbri-Chinchwad, among others.
Mumbai, Nashik, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivali, Pune and Nagpur have joined the campaign earlier this year.
The Department of Environment will conduct an inventory exercise of greenhouse gas emissions for all cities and clusters, which contributed the floating population of 50 million.
In 12 months joining, cities must explain what actions will be taken to achieve interim and long-term promises, and are committed to reporting openly both progress and actions taken, at least every year.
Thackeray made an announcement at the Indian event to COP26, part of the Hub directly in the Week Climate NYC 2021, and as part of a direct campaign of global residents.
“We cannot continue to emit carbon.
We do not have the luxury of time.
Maharashtra will set an example of how local governments can act on climate change despite being a massive industrial country,” Thackeray said.
Co-Founder & Chief of Global Citizens’ Policy, Impact and Official Government Affairs Michael Sheldrick said, “We know to stop climate change will need immediate action from all people.
That means the state and regional governments have the main role to be played in reducing half emissions in the year 2030 and reach zero zero in 2050.
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