India has 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 30×30.

High Ambition Coalition (HAC)

Aim: To promote an international agreement to protect at least 30 % the of world’s land and ocean by 2030

• The HAC is an informal group of approximately 61 countries within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• It is committed to advancing progressive proposals on climate ambition.
• The HAC was founded by the Republic of the Marshall Islands in 2014 with the aim of ensuring the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, was as ambitious as possible.
• The Republic of the Marshall Islands serves as the convener and secretariat of the HAC.
• The global 30×30 goal is currently a centerpiece of the treaty.

Members

• 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.

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