India assures the world community that under PM Modi it is committed to protect at least 30 % of "our" lands, waters and oceans and adhere to its commitment of 30X30 by 2030 at the UN Ocean Conference at Lisbon, Portugal. Learn What is 30x30 target of High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People?
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India assures the world community that under PM Modi it is committed to protect at least 30 % of "our" lands, waters and oceans and adhere to its commitment of 30X30 by 2030
- Delivering the India statement at the UN Ocean Conference at Lisbon, India’s Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all efforts are going on to achieve the 30x30 target in a mission mode as per the COP resolutions.
- India’s Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh in his statement lists out Indian initiatives, programmes and policy interventions to protect the marine and coastal ecosystems, mangroves and coral reefs at the UN Ocean Conference at Lisbon, Portugal
India Joins High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People
- It may be recalled that India joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which was initiated at the “One Planet Summit” in Paris in January 2021, which aims to promote an international agreement to protect at least 30% of the world's land and ocean by 2030.
- At a ceremony held between the French and Indian governments on 7th October in New Delhi, India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, a group of more than 70 countries encouraging the adoption of the global goal to protect 30x30.
- HAC members currently include a mix of countries in the global north and south; European, Latin American, Africa and Asia countries are among the members. India is the first of the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to join the HAC.
- India’s announcement came in the lead up to a high-level biodiversity meeting, hosted by China (UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15). The virtual meeting took place in October 11-15, 2021 to discuss the key aspects of the biodiversity treaty to be finalized in 2022. The global 30x30 goal is currently a centerpiece of the treaty.
What is 30x30 target?
- In the spirit of Stockholm+50, to build on 50 years of multilateral environmental action to achieve the urgent action needed to secure a healthy planet, the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People is taking concrete steps towards moving into a new phase to support implementation of the global goal to protect at least 30 per cent of the world’s land and at least 30 per cent of the world’s ocean by 2030.
- The 30x30 target is a global target, which aims to halt the accelerating loss of species, and protect vital ecosystems that are the source of our economic security.
- The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which is now supported by nearly 100 countries, is evolving into a new phase to support implementation of the global goal.
- The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People was officially launched in January 2021 at the One Planet Summit (OPS) on biodiversity. The coalition is currently co-chaired by France and Costa Rica, with the United Kingdom as ocean co-chair.
- Adopting a global ‘30x30’ target within a new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is a key part of the solution to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
- The HAC for N&P will continue to work, together with all Parties, towards the adoption of this target at the CBD’s fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) later this year.
- It currently works closely with the Global Ocean Alliance on the 30x30 target, as well as with the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature.
Why 30x30?
- In order to address both the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis, there is growing scientific research that half of the planet must be kept in a natural state. Some papers have suggested that the number should be even higher, and some have suggested slightly lower.
- Despite this, experts agree that a scientifically credible and necessary interim goal is to achieve a minimum of 30 per cent protection by 2030.
- There is a wealth of scientific data documenting the need for increased spatial targets in order to help achieve goals related to biodiversity conservation, which help justify the 30x30 target both at a global level and a regional level.
- When the Aichi Targets were established in 2010, roughly 13 per cent of the world’s terrestrial areas were protected while very few protections existed in the ocean.
- Currently, an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s land and 7 per cent of the ocean are protected. In order to achieve the goal of protecting at least 30 per cent by 2030, we will need to double the current land protections and more than quadruple current ocean protections.
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