DW BUREAU / Chandigarh For the first time, the Manohar Lal-led Haryana Government is showcasing it's initiatives on Support Climate Goals through Actions for Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) in the Conference of Parties (CoP)-27 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held at Sharm-El Sheikh, Egypt. A delegation led by the Additional Chief Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department, Sh. Vineet Garg on behalf of the Haryana government is presently in Sharm El Shiekh, Egypt to participate in Conference. The delegation includes Sh. Jagdish Chander, PCCF; Dr Vivek Saxena, APCCF and CEO, Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and Dr T.P Singh, Secretary, Forests. An official spokesperson said that Mission LiFE was launched by Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi and UN Secretary General Sh António Guterres in October 2022 at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, India. Under the visionary leadership of Sh. Manohar Lal, who also holds the portfolio of Environment and Climate Change the state government has taken concrete steps to increase the state's green cover along with introducing several environment-friendly initiatives. Besides this, the State's Forest and Education Minister, Sh Kanwar Pal, is also leaving no stone unturned to ensure the participation of students in youth plantation and greening campaign, shared the spokesperson. UNFCCC is one of the Rio Convention and more than 190 member countries are participating in CoP 27 to deliberate on challenges and road map for addressing climate change. A side event was also hosted to Showcase Haryana's Initiatives to Support Climate Goals Through Actions for LiFE. The spokesperson said that Dr Vivek Saxena presented initiatives of Haryana taken to align climate action goals in convergence with five nectar elements (Panchamrit) of India's climate action and commitments by the Prime Minister of India during COP 26 at Glasgow, UK. Haryana's climate actions also address the adoption of Lifestyle for Environment (LIFE) as part of global campaign launched on the occasion of World Environment Day 2022. The side event showcased initiatives of the Haryana Government that support climate goals and India's commitment for climate neutrality by 2070. The spokesperson said that Haryana has led by example in promoting Agroforestry and Trees Outside Forest (TOF) and despite being a forest-deficient state with only about 3.5 percent area under forest, farm-based wood sourced from non-forest areas support about 50 percent of the plywood production of the country. Green livelihoods through support to farm-based wood industries and TOFs also facilitate contribution to India's commitments through Nationally Determined Contributions under Paris Climate Change Agreement, shared the spokesperson. The spokesperson said that Haryana is also a part of the USAID-supported TOFI (Tress Outside Forests in India) programme- to be implemented in seven states of India. TOFI programme will contribute to 420 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent sequestration and covering 2.8 million hectares new land under TOFs. State Government has proposed to promote research to address the unpredictable impact of climate change on agriculture The spokesperson said that Climate change and environmental sustainability require new research which is not bounded by existing disciplines. The Manohar Lal-led State Government has proposed to promote research in such thematic areas to address the unpredictable impact of climate change on agriculture and livelihoods as part of a budgetary announcement. (editor@dailyworld.in)