After deadly floods killed 1,204 people in Nepal, Carsten Schneider urged India-Germany cooperation to cut emissions, limit warming and fulfil the Paris Climate Agreement.
Germany’s Minister for Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Carsten Schneider said last week’s devastating flash floods in Nepal were a stark reminder of the impacts of climate change, warning that such extreme events were likely to become increasingly frequent.
Speaking to ANI in New Delhi on Wednesday, Schneider described the disaster as “terrible” and said people had lost their lives and homes because of climate change.
“I think we see that this is all due to climate change. It’s due to the fact that people have died because of climate change, and they’ve lost their homes. I would say that these kinds of events are going to occur more and more frequently because of climate change,” Schneider said.
The German minister also highlighted the importance of cooperation between India and Germany in responding to such climate-related disasters, describing New Delhi as a “very key partner” for Berlin in addressing climate change.
He said environmental and climate challenges extend beyond national borders and require countries to work together.
“Environment and climate change are not something that stops at country boundaries; they are something that is global, and it’s very important that India and Germany continue to work together as key partners to ensure that whatever happens is for the good of the world,” he said.
Schneider said the two countries must work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, limit the rise in global temperatures and ensure implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
“We must work to keep climate change, ensure that it doesn’t happen, that greenhouse gases are reduced, that the Earth’s temperature rise is kept in check, and that the Paris Climate Agreement is actually fulfilled,” he said.
The death toll from the devastating flash floods has reached 1,204, according to an official update released earlier on September 3 by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, as search and rescue operations continue across the affected areas.
Source: ANI
