PM Modi launches ‘Infrastructure for Resilient Island States’ for most vulnerable countries
The Hindu
Stating that the Small Island Developing States or SIDS face the biggest threat from climate change, Modi said that India’s space agency ISRO will build a special data window for them to provide them timely information about cyclones, coral-reef monitoring, coast-line monitoring etc. through satellite.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the Initiative for the Resilient Island States (IRIS) for developing infrastructure of small island nations, saying that it gives a new hope, a new confidence and satisfaction of doing something for the most vulnerable countries.
Prime Minister Modi was joined by his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the second day of the COP26 climate summit.
The launch event was also attended by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.