High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People

Why in news?

• India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People.

About High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People:

• The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People is an intergovernmental group of 70 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica, France and United Kingdom.
• The HAC was founded by the Republic of the Marshall Islands in 2014 with the aim of ensuring the Paris Agreement of UNFCCC.
• HAC encourage the adoption of the global goal to protect at least 30 per cent the of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 (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.

Add ons:

• The coalition seeks to find synergies amongst the Rio Conventions and work on increasing the ambition beyond the 15th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

PRELIMS QUESTION

With reference to ‘High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, consider the following statements:

1. It was founded by the Republic of the Marshall Islands in 2014 with the aim of ensuring the Paris Agreement

2. India is the first of the BRICS bloc to join the coalition

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer