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netherlands: Water, climate, agriculture, energy in focus as India & the Netherlands mark 75 years of diplomatic relations | India News
AMSTERDAM: Chairman Ram Nath Kovind expected to visit Netherlands This week as both countries mark 75 years of establishing diplomatic relations with four key drivers – water, climate change, agriculture and energy – underpinning this relationship.
Continuing to develop the relationship, India and the Netherlands signed a Strategic Water Partnership (SWP) at the ministerial level on March 29. Indian Minister Jal shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Mark Harbers signed the SWP on “strong and mutually beneficial country cooperation”.
“SWP is our long-term bilateral water cooperation agency. The SWP provides a solid foundation to strengthen and promote water cooperation among our countries,” Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, the Netherlands’ special climate envoy, told a delegation of experts. Indian newspaper last week in The Hague, the capital of the Netherlands.
Speaking to the Indian delegation, the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water affairs Henk Ovink said the country is low on the international agenda. “Water is life but no one cares about it. We need to organize more awareness about it. In this regard, the global summit on water will be held on 22-24 March 2023 at UN headquarters in New York, hosted by Tajikistan, with the Netherlands as co-host, where we We support the cause of the country,” said Ovink, who was appointed the Netherlands’ first international envoy to the country in 2015.
Citing the work of India’s jal shakti ministry, the Dutch envoy said they reflect the political preference for the country of highest importance. “It shows a programmatic approach across the country tailored to the local level with regard to public-private partnerships, which means that India is now more institutionally aware,” said Ovink.
Dutch climate envoy Bourbon de Parme said that since 2010 in terms of global emissions and the need to increase clean energy sources, both India and China have seen high levels of greenhouse gas emissions ( GHG) increased by 83%. “Besides technical solutions to technical problems, it is important to keep in mind that solutions are based on nature. We should not forget the regenerative power of nature. The Netherlands has allocated 35 billion Euro, borrowed from the market, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move towards cleaner energy sources such as solar and wind. As an alternative to fossil fuels, we are also looking to import hydrogen from India,” he said.
Share a presentation on the development of agriculture, especially horticulture, with the Indian delegation at the World Horti Center in Naaldwijk, the Dutch special envoy to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Products Frederik Vossenaar “By the 17th century, more than half of the Dutch population lived in cities. Dutch farmers soon produced for the market. With state-of-the-art greenhouses, we have taken our production to the next level. With only about 500,000 hectares of arable land, the Netherlands is the second largest food producer in the world. Collaboration between the government, the private sector, research institutions at national, regional and local levels and public-private partnerships is the mainstay of the success of agriculture in the Netherlands. ”
Vossenaar said the Dutch government and companies look forward to sharing their knowledge and expertise with the rest of the world, especially India. “It is not our ambition to export tomatoes worldwide. International cooperation is crucial for sustained success,” he said.
Continuing to develop the relationship, India and the Netherlands signed a Strategic Water Partnership (SWP) at the ministerial level on March 29. Indian Minister Jal shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Mark Harbers signed the SWP on “strong and mutually beneficial country cooperation”.
“SWP is our long-term bilateral water cooperation agency. The SWP provides a solid foundation to strengthen and promote water cooperation among our countries,” Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, the Netherlands’ special climate envoy, told a delegation of experts. Indian newspaper last week in The Hague, the capital of the Netherlands.
Speaking to the Indian delegation, the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water affairs Henk Ovink said the country is low on the international agenda. “Water is life but no one cares about it. We need to organize more awareness about it. In this regard, the global summit on water will be held on 22-24 March 2023 at UN headquarters in New York, hosted by Tajikistan, with the Netherlands as co-host, where we We support the cause of the country,” said Ovink, who was appointed the Netherlands’ first international envoy to the country in 2015.
Citing the work of India’s jal shakti ministry, the Dutch envoy said they reflect the political preference for the country of highest importance. “It shows a programmatic approach across the country tailored to the local level with regard to public-private partnerships, which means that India is now more institutionally aware,” said Ovink.
Dutch climate envoy Bourbon de Parme said that since 2010 in terms of global emissions and the need to increase clean energy sources, both India and China have seen high levels of greenhouse gas emissions ( GHG) increased by 83%. “Besides technical solutions to technical problems, it is important to keep in mind that solutions are based on nature. We should not forget the regenerative power of nature. The Netherlands has allocated 35 billion Euro, borrowed from the market, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move towards cleaner energy sources such as solar and wind. As an alternative to fossil fuels, we are also looking to import hydrogen from India,” he said.
Share a presentation on the development of agriculture, especially horticulture, with the Indian delegation at the World Horti Center in Naaldwijk, the Dutch special envoy to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Products Frederik Vossenaar “By the 17th century, more than half of the Dutch population lived in cities. Dutch farmers soon produced for the market. With state-of-the-art greenhouses, we have taken our production to the next level. With only about 500,000 hectares of arable land, the Netherlands is the second largest food producer in the world. Collaboration between the government, the private sector, research institutions at national, regional and local levels and public-private partnerships is the mainstay of the success of agriculture in the Netherlands. ”
Vossenaar said the Dutch government and companies look forward to sharing their knowledge and expertise with the rest of the world, especially India. “It is not our ambition to export tomatoes worldwide. International cooperation is crucial for sustained success,” he said.
