India has already confirmed it worked with other emerging nations to ensure there were no legally binding targets at the Copenhagen climate talks.
India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh earlier faced parliament for the first time since the UN talks, saying the nation had "come out quite well in Copenhagen"."We can be satisfied that we were able to get our way on this issue,"declared Mr Ramesh, who has consistently said India would be one of the countries hardest hit by climate change.
He said India, had emerged as a powerful force and said the group had protected its right to continued economic growth.
Mr Ramesh said India he would continue to work with its allies "to ensure that the interests of developing countries and India in particular are protected in the course of negotiations in 2010 and beyond".
By Gaurav Singh
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- India, the worlds fourth-biggest polluter, said emission reduction offers by rich nations before next weeks climate change talks in Copenhagen are insufficient.
If we take all the offers that are on the table at the moment, it will add up to, at the most, about 15 percent to 20 percent reduction by 2020 as compared to 1990, Shyam Saran, special envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said in New Delhi today. The offers are far below even the conservative 25 percent projected by the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he said.
Negotiations on a climate-change accord have been stymied as richer nations and developing countries disagree on issues such as emission-reduction targets and how much financial help industrialized nations should provide to poorer ones. Pledges by China and the U.S. last week to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions revived the hope that an agreement might be reached.
Chinas cabinet said Nov. 26 it will cut output of carbon dioxide per unit of gross domestic product by 40 percent to 45 percent from 2005.
A day earlier, the U.S., the second-largest air polluter, said it will bring to the talks an offer to reduce emissions by about 17 percent by 2020.
India,(planned) the worlds second fastest-growing major economy, doesnt expect a legally binding outcome at the climate negotiations in the Danish capital that run Dec. 7-18, said Saran.
Binding Caps
The South Asian nation has said it wont accept legally binding emission caps and will keep per-capita output of carbon lower than that of rich nations. India has drawn up a National Action Plan on Climate Change, which includes increasing solar power generation, improving energy efficiency and enhancing carbon sinks, which help to absorb gases blamed for global warming.
India will seek to protect its economic interests at the talks, Saran said.
We should not be hustled into a position that harms our economic prospects, he said. What we are really negotiating is how, in dealing with climate change, we preserve our various economic positions.
India is world's fourth biggest polluter with 1,293 million tonne of carbon dioxide emission.
But with a rising population, the figures are likely to rise 3 to 5 times. The government said it is ready to cut the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted per unit of economic output -- by between 20 and 25 per cent by 2020 from the 2005 levels.
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India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh earlier faced parliament for the first time since the UN talks, saying the nation had "come out quite well in Copenhagen"."We can be satisfied that we were able to get our way on this issue,"declared Mr Ramesh, who has consistently said India would be one of the countries hardest hit by climate change.
He said India, had emerged as a powerful force and said the group had protected its right to continued economic growth.
Mr Ramesh said India he would continue to work with its allies "to ensure that the interests of developing countries and India in particular are protected in the course of negotiations in 2010 and beyond".
By Gaurav Singh
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- India, the worlds fourth-biggest polluter, said emission reduction offers by rich nations before next weeks climate change talks in Copenhagen are insufficient.
If we take all the offers that are on the table at the moment, it will add up to, at the most, about 15 percent to 20 percent reduction by 2020 as compared to 1990, Shyam Saran, special envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said in New Delhi today. The offers are far below even the conservative 25 percent projected by the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he said.
Negotiations on a climate-change accord have been stymied as richer nations and developing countries disagree on issues such as emission-reduction targets and how much financial help industrialized nations should provide to poorer ones. Pledges by China and the U.S. last week to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions revived the hope that an agreement might be reached.
Chinas cabinet said Nov. 26 it will cut output of carbon dioxide per unit of gross domestic product by 40 percent to 45 percent from 2005.
A day earlier, the U.S., the second-largest air polluter, said it will bring to the talks an offer to reduce emissions by about 17 percent by 2020.India,(planned) the worlds second fastest-growing major economy, doesnt expect a legally binding outcome at the climate negotiations in the Danish capital that run Dec. 7-18, said Saran.
Binding Caps
The South Asian nation has said it wont accept legally binding emission caps and will keep per-capita output of carbon lower than that of rich nations. India has drawn up a National Action Plan on Climate Change, which includes increasing solar power generation, improving energy efficiency and enhancing carbon sinks, which help to absorb gases blamed for global warming.
India will seek to protect its economic interests at the talks, Saran said.
We should not be hustled into a position that harms our economic prospects, he said. What we are really negotiating is how, in dealing with climate change, we preserve our various economic positions.
India is world's fourth biggest polluter with 1,293 million tonne of carbon dioxide emission.
But with a rising population, the figures are likely to rise 3 to 5 times. The government said it is ready to cut the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted per unit of economic output -- by between 20 and 25 per cent by 2020 from the 2005 levels.
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Sir I don't know what makes you tick but the sheer wall of hypocrisy that you are showcasing right now is amazing.
