On World Environment Day on Friday, the State Environment Department rechristened itself as the Department of Environment & Climate Change. Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said along with the change in name, the ministry’s goals have evolved to the urgent requirement of climate change mitigation. In consonance with ‘Time for Nature’, the United Nations Environment Programme theme for World Environment Day, 2020, the Department of Environment & Climate Change has drawn up plans to work with relevant departments, committing ₹100 crore to the effort. The department has interpreted ether as space and light, extending it to a “change in human nature”. The department also clarified the intent of partnering with other Union and State governments, departments within Maharashtra, NGOs, environmentalists and every citizen of the State.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 20:27 UTC