Green tech key to combat climate crisis: NRDC CMD
NRDC participates in a WIPO symposium in Geneva, highlighting growing global awareness of green technology’s significance
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Visakhapatnam: National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) Chairman and Managing Director Commodore Amit Rastogi said that adoption of green technologies in various sectors is the only way out to effectively face the challenges posed by climate change.
He told Bizz Buzz on Wednesday after recent participation in a ground-breaking symposium conducted by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on accelerating the imperative and green technology deployment at Geneva that the awareness level is growing everywhere on the importance of green technologies. He along with Senior Manager and Head of NRDC regional centre, Visakhapatnam BK Sahu returned after speaking at the technical session on Closing the knowledge gap: Sources of green technology information, assembling sets of technologies for different audiences in Switzerland.
He said, “It was a matter of utmost pride for NRDC to be the sole Indian representative during the tenth anniversary celebration of WIPO Green at Geneva involving technology symposium and advisory board meeting. Presence on the UN platform helped showcase Indian Green Technologies like sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen storage from CSIR labs and universities for the world community.”
“The strategies proposed for up-scaling of WIPO Green and visionary ideas for movement from database-centric approach towards technology deployment through hub and spoke model were widely acknowledged.”
