ENVIRONMENT - Jan Akanksha

Clean and Green Environment

When you go green, you are effectively reducing your carbon footprint. By reducing pollution, you are reducing the amount of energy that is being used and creating a greener and cleaner environment.

GOAL 13 IN ACTION

To combat climate change, we all have to take action. Get inspired here:

THE TARGETS

Everyone can help to make sure that we meet the Global Goals. Use these five targets to create action to combat climate change.

STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

INTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES INTO POLICIES AND PLANNING

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

BUILD KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE

Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

IMPLEMENT THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible.

PROMOTE MECHANISMS TO RAISE CAPACITY FOR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities.

GET INVOLVED

We can combat climate change together. Here you can see what you can do to contribute. Find organizations to support, information to share and some useful tips for your everyday life that can really make a difference.

Welcome to

Jan Akanksha (Green & Clean Environment Wing) invites people to plant and greet with trees to celebrate any occasion- a birthday, a wedding, an anniversary, or even just to feel good about doing it. Companies also participate in the pursuit of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. An elegantly designed Tree Certificate is given for every gift. Making a green gift is quite simple. You select one of several featured projects, decide the number of trees you’d like to support it, and pay just Rs.85 on a per-tree basis.

Operating since 2014, over 500 companies and thousands of individuals nationwide have planted over 25 hundreds trees on the public lands of India creating around 29,100 workdays of jobs for mainly tribals and women; these trees will offset about 70,700,00 kilos of carbon every year once mature and also will provide flowers, fruit, fodder and fuel to communities and living creatures, offer shade to nomads and their livestock, give shelter to birds and animals, prevent soil erosion and flooding, improve water catchment, generate oxygen, remove pollution, reduce carbon in the atmosphere and fight climate change. All the plantings are audited by the third-party auditors and through internal inspections.

About 45% of India’s land is degraded due to deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, mining, and excessive groundwater extraction. Over two-thirds of this can be regenerated by providing planting opportunities to individual and corporate customers.

Businesses can help address the many targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The environmental, social, and economic impacts of trees make them an important part of achieving global sustainable development.