United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to India next week to attend the launch of a special environmental programme along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Kevadia, in the presence of hundreds of officials, and over a hundred diplomats and heads of Indian missions worldwide. The programme, which is part of the ‘Lifestyle For Environment’ (LiFE) initiative that was announced by Mr. Modi in June this year, will be organised by the Niti Aayog.
Sources confirmed that Mr. Guterres, who will be in India from October 18-20 for his second visit during his tenure, will participate in the LiFE event, and also visit a field project to highlight climate change challenges and solutions for the world. In addition, the U.N. Secretary-General will deliver a public address to students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay where his focus is also expected to be on global environmental crises..
During a visit to Pakistan last month, where he called those affected by devastating floods in that country as victims of a “grim calculus of climate injustice”, Mr. Guterres said that, “climate chaos is knocking on everyone’s door”, and needed a global response.
