Narendra Modi climate change book to be released on Dec 21

The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi has written a book called ' Convenient Action Book is scheduled to be released next week; the book runs into 250 pages. is Modi's first book in English and has been published by Macmillan Publishers.

The book release function on December 21 will be presided over by former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. largely spotlight on the ways Gujarat has counter to the challenges of climate change which is the biggest challenge the world is facing at present.

"Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, Gujarat has effectively handled a lot of issues and they have provided solutions. So this book on Convenient Action is purely about climate change and how Gujarat has responded," says Sanjay Singh of Macmillan Publishers.

Dr RK Pachauri, the chief of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), (he will be the chief guest at this function). He said, "I am very happy that Narendra Modi has written this book. I haven't seen it but the very fact that he's focused on this is worth praising."

“I would call this unique compendium of action a who has shown a definite path and determined strategy to meet the Challenges of Climate Change.” says Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group.

The state government claims to be the only provincial government in the Sub-Continent to have a committed climate change department. With Convenient Action Book the, 'green crusader' Modi has become the second politician in the world, after former US Vice-President Al Gore, to pen a book on climate change.