Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that India will host the Global Big Cats Summit in New Delhi next year. While addressing the High-Level Ministerial Segment on the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) in Brazil yesterday, Mr. Yadav said that conserving big cat landscapes directly strengthens carbon sequestration, watershed protection, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and sustainable livelihoods. The Minister highlighted that the country has doubled its tiger population ahead of the target timeline, and its Asiatic lion population continues to grow well. He also underlined the country’s ambition to bring all big cat range countries, and all nations valuing biodiversity and climate security, into the IBCA. Furthermore, Mr Yadav called upon all nations to join IBCA and strengthen global conservation partnerships.