Mukherjee was speaking to the participants of the Commonwealth Auditors General Conference organised here. The delegates called on him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
In his speech, the President said he was happy to know the delegates are engaging in "fruitful" deliberations on two very relevant contemporary themes -- leveraging technology and environment audit- chosen for the conference.
At the global and the national level, he said, technology and environment have become the key drivers for formulating strategies to address a host of issues.
"They have an important role to play in ensuring that the nations meet their commitments on environment treaties and leverage technology to provide high quality services to the citizens," Mukherjee said.
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"Environment degradation and climate change along with their debilitating impact on our wellbeing and (that) of future generations are global concerns. Such concerns have led to positive action in the nature of the Paris Agreement and other global treaties," he added.
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