Summary
Healthy land gives food, clean water, homes for animals and helps people stay safe during drought.
The country uses tools like Green Credit and Green Bonds to bring money from governments and businesses.
Key Points
4 points1
India asked the world for predictable and ongoing funding to restore land and resist drought.
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Restoring land is called an investment because it supports food security, water supply, wildlife and jobs.
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India’s blended green‑finance framework includes a Green Credit Programme and Sovereign Green Bonds.
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Public‑private partnerships and citizen participation are part of the plan.
New Words to Learn
14 wordsdiversified
having many different sources
sustained
kept going for a long time
desertification
when land becomes desert‑like and loses plants
biodiversity
many different kinds of living things
livelihoods
ways people earn a living
public‑private partnerships
when government and companies work together
blended green‑finance framework
a mix of money sources to protect the environment
Sovereign Green Bonds
big loans a country uses to get money for green projects
afforestation
planting new forests
compensatory
making up for something that was taken away
canopy density
how thick the tree tops are in a forest
ecosystem
all the plants, animals and their surroundings in a place
convergence
different groups coming together
verifiable
able to be checked and proven
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