PM Modi wears jacket made of recycled material at G7 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wore a jacket made of recycled material at the G7 Summit in a message of sustainabilityRecycled fabric is made by collecting used pet bottles and crushing and melting them and adding colour and producing yarn This process cuts the emission drastically at various production levelsNotably PM Modi speaking at a session on Working Together to Address Multiple Crises during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima highlighted the holistic use of natural resources and development model inspired by consumerism to be changedI believe that the development model should pave the way for development not become a hindrance in the progress of developing countries PM Modi saidHe stressed creating a new model of natural farming as an alternative to fertilizers around the worldAlso Read G7 Summit PM Modi holds bilateral meeting with UK PM Sunak in HiroshimaI believe that we should take the benefit of digital technology to every farmer in the world It should be our endeavour to separate organic food from fashion statement and commerce and connect it with nutrition and health PM Modi saidDuring the Quad Summit held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit PM Modi stressed the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that makes clear that rapid and farreaching transitions are needed across all sectors and systemsAs we move to a net zero world we underscore that it is critical to strengthen our cooperation to ensure better access to affordable reliable and secure clean energy in the IndoPacific We will work together to increase the regions access to climate finance and climatesmart technology Under the Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package QCHAMP launched in 2022 we continue to work together with IndoPacific partners to enhance climate and clean energy cooperation as well as promote adaptation and resilience In this regard we welcome the Sydney Energy Forum and the Quad Clean Hydrogen Partnership meeting hosted by Australia and India respectively in July 2022 stated Quads joint statementIssuing a Statement of Principles on Clean Energy Supply Chains in the IndoPacific which provide a basis for Quads engagement in the region on clean energy supply chain development it said We also announce a Clean Energy Supply Chains initiative designed to accelerate the IndoPacifics clean energy transition Working with IndoPacific partners the initiative will facilitate research and development and feasibility study projects to lower clean energy manufacturing and deployment costs enhance regional energy security and expand and diversify the regional production of necessary materials and technologiesNotably this is not the first time that PM Modi wore a jacket made from recycled plastic bottles Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore a sleeveless skyblue jacket in the Parliament But it was no ordinary jacket the Nehru jacket that was gifted to him by the Indian Oil Corporation IOC during the India Energy Week in Bengaluru on February 6 was made using material recycled from plastic bottlesThese huge efforts of India towards green growth and energy transition also reflect our values Circular economy in a way is a part of the lifestyle of every Indian The mantra of Reduce Reuse and Recycle has been ingrained in our values Today we got to see an example of this here You have seen uniforms made by recycling plastic waste bottles It does not lack anywhere as far as the world of fashion and beauty is concerned The target of recycling 100 million such bottles every year will go a long way in protecting the environment PM Modi had saidAt the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to an ambitious fivepart Panchamrit pledge including reaching 500 GW of nonfossil electricity capacity to generate half of all energy requirements from renewables to reduce emissions by 1 billion tons by 2030India also aims to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45 per cent Finally India commits to netzero emissions by 2070 Notably India banned several singleuse plastics starting in July 2022 Singleuse plastics are typically items that are discarded after being used only once and do not go through the recycling processThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever