Climate meet: Focus on ‘right to grow’

The Economic Times , Thursday, September 25, 2014
Correspondent : Vishwa Mohan
NEW DELHI: As the much awaited Climate Summit opened in New York on Tuesday with a strong appeal from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon for action from one and all to protect the world, India is expected to make a pitch for 'right to grow' for poor nations while showing its eagerness to move towards a low-carbon, inclusive growth path.

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar will outline India's view which revolves around the premise that 'poor' countries need to develop to eradicate poverty and 'rich' nations should take responsibility for global carbon emission cuts and share the financial burden to help developing nations towards their mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Javadekar will appeal to developed countries to capitalize the Green Climate Fund (GCF) that can also be used to buy Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of clean energy technology for poor countries. He is scheduled to speak during the second half of the day-long summit.

India's likely stand at the summit was clearly reflected in Javadekar's intervention during the 'Major Economies Forum on Climate and Energy' in New York where he sought to remind the gathering that the goal of developing countries will be "nationally determined" and "their ambition levels will depend on the extent of the finance, technology and capacity building" support by rich nations.

In his intervention, he said that for developing countries including India, China, Brazil, South Africa and others, the 'national determined' contributions with respect to adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology support, capacity building and sustainable development would reflect the diversity of "their respective national development conditions and circumstances".

He said, "It should also take into account the fact that their main priority is socio-economic development and poverty eradication."

Though India has been consistent in making these points, Javadekar is expected to repeat this at the Climate Summit. He, at the same time, would tell the world community that India would continue to move towards "low carbon growth path" and would play a proactive role on the issue of climate change.

Interestingly, the UN secretary general too pitched for capitalization of the Green Climate Fund. In remarks which will please developing countries that want rich nations to finance their mitigation and adaptation efforts through an institutional mechanism, he said, "We must begin to capitalize the Green Climate Fund. And we must meet the broader $100 billion-a-year pledge made in Copenhagen."

Many countries, including Germany, Norway, South Korea and Denmark, made commitments for the GCF during the first half of the summit. While Norway will contribute $500 million per year until 2020 to combat climate change, Switzerland is 'considering' a contribution of $100 million to the fund.

Opening the summit, Ban had said, "We are not here to talk, we are here to make history" and asked world leaders to "commit to a meaningful climate agreement in Paris in 2015".

"We must not emit more carbon than our planet can absorb. No one is immune from climate change... We must invest in climate resilient societies that protect all, especially the most vulnerable," he added.

 
SOURCE : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/climate-meet-focus-on-right-to-grow/articleshow/43322741.cms?prtpage=1
 


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