Uttam Kumar Reddy to represent Indian Parliament at UN Climate Summit in Egypt

HYDERABAD: Congress MP and former TPCC President Capt. N Uttam Kumar Reddy, along with two other MPs, will represent the Indian Parliament in the South Asia Parliamentary Round Table at the UN Climate Summit (COP 27). The event will be jointly organised by the Climate Parliament and USAID, in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 7 to 10.

Uttam Kumar Reddy, in a media statement on Wednesday, informed that the objective of the meeting was to jointly deliberate on how regional energy cooperation in South Asia could be enhanced beyond bilateral agreements to ensure energy security and address climate change. This is a follow-up to the first South Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting organised online a few months ago.

The COP 27, which will be held from November 6 to 18, will focus on developing greater resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change besides challenges in the energy and climate policies that can be addressed through regional collaboration. The UN Climate Summit (COP 27) will deliberate on cross-border energy cooperation, sustainable development and the creation of the Regional Parliamentary Forum.

The Congress MP said that the participants of the meeting were expected to give inputs on the potential launch of a Regional Parliamentary Forum on South Asian energy cooperation next year.

"This meeting is of crucial importance as we have been witnessing huge changes in the climate in recent times," he added. The Congress MP also said that at least two Parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka have been invited to participate in the meeting.