Vijayawada, June 4 -- Telugu Desam Party Lok Sabha MP Dr Shabri Byreddy took part in the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held in Brazil from June 3-5, 2025, representing India as a woman parliamentarian on an international platform.
Speaking at the session on 'Empowering Women to Face the Climate Crisis', Dr. Shabri highlighted how India has always been active in protecting the environment, even before global discussions on climate change began. She referred to the Chipko Movement of the 1970s, where rural women played a key role in saving forests.
She also spoke about India's progress on climate goals, including a 24% reduction in emission intensity over 2005 levels, and achieving 159 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity, already meeting its 40...