THE JOURNEY OF EUROPE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING TOWARD A NATURE BASED SOLUTION FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

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Dr.Sumanta Bhattacharya
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ray
Shakti Sinha
Bhavneet Kaur Sachdev

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Climate change has emerged as the biggest threat to the modern civilization which has an impact on the ecosystem , economic and global well being of all its people , each other is affected by different factors depending on its geo-climatic conditions. EU has been tackling the climate issue through different techniques : Nature based solution is one of the project taken by the European Union which has provided massive success in Europe , followed by Urban living lab and sharing of economies , Countries have adopted the construction of green roofs and passive houses and moving towards a cleaner energy . Europe is promoting infrastructure for cycles and moving towards a carbon-neutral world with the aim to reduce carbon emission by 40 % by 2030 . Europe has taken the climate change as a serious problem and which involves the engagement of not only politicians and Industries but also states , local authorities , companies , cities and individual citizens to tackle this issue of Climate change to make life better for the future generation. The continent has been successful in achieving Sustainable Development Goals to a large extent and has set an example for other countries to achieve the SDGs which can help to tackle climate change , environmental problems, lost biodiversity , forest fires , sea level rise and eliminate food security and water crisis across the world .

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Dr.Sumanta Bhattacharya, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ray, Shakti Sinha, & Bhavneet Kaur Sachdev. (2021). THE JOURNEY OF EUROPE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING TOWARD A NATURE BASED SOLUTION FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE. Galaxy International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 9(12), 196–202. Retrieved from https://internationaljournals.co.in/index.php/giirj/article/view/658
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