India, Sept. 21 -- Describing the contribution of the Supreme Court to environmental jurisprudence as "overwhelming and significant", its judge B V Nagarathna on Sunday said the apex court is now pushing for a shift from an anthropocentric to an ecocentric approach on this aspect. "Environmental adjudication is an exercise in foresight, requiring courts to govern the present with an alert consciousness of the future," she said.

She was addressing the valedictory session of a two-day international conference on the topic 'The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics' organised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the Vigyan Bhavan, where President Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest.

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