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With the purpose to bring unneurotic clime experts from crossed the Global South for a applicable clime enactment plan, India volition big the inaugural variation of Mumbai Climate Week successful February 2026. “The lawsuit volition bring unneurotic the champion minds from crossed the Global South to find applicable solutions for our clime challenges. This level volition assistance processing nations enactment unneurotic and marque their voices heard connected the planetary stage,” Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
“Mumbai Climate Week volition beryllium India’s archetypal dedicated, citizen-led level focussed connected speeding up clime action,” helium said further, adding that much than 30 countries were expected to nonstop their representatives for participation. “They volition travel to Mumbai to make a applicable clime enactment plan, moving with metropolis leaders, State Chief Ministers, civilian nine groups, corporates, students, and young people.” A petition has been sent to the Prime Minister to inaugurate it.
Elaborating connected the thought down the concept, Shishir Joshi, laminitis and CEO of Project Mumbai which is organising the lawsuit on with Maharashtra Government, said, “Globally, we person seen this improvement successful the Global North. For example, New York has been hosting it successful September each year. London has been hosting the London Action Week successful July. In these events though, Global North leaders pb these conversations. We spot that the clime enactment has been happening successful Global South. So, we thought it was important to item India’s relation and enactment successful the Global South successful clime action. That was the thought down curating the Mumbai Climate Week.”
“The inaugural variation of Mumbai Climate Week volition absorption connected 3 connected themes: nutrient systems, vigor transition, and municipality resilience. Each taxable volition beryllium examined done the lenses of justice, innovation, and funding. This ensures that the MCW level addresses some clime adaptation and mitigation strategies. Importantly, the level volition bring unneurotic not conscionable policymakers and experts, but besides springiness a dependable to citizens and grassroots initiatives. Topics specified arsenic intelligence health, art, spirituality, sports, and cinema volition beryllium included successful the week’s activities. A climate-focussed nutrient festival is besides being planned arsenic portion of nationalist engagement,” helium added.
The Climate Group (hosts of New York Climate Week), India Climate Collaborative, WRI, Eversource, UNICEF, are among the organisations which person partnered with the Maharashtra Government and Project Mumbai for the event.
