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New Delhi: India would not accept any legally binding cuts on greenhouse gas emission at the forthcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change but would be ruthless in taking climate control measures domestically, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
Given the divergence of views among countries, Ramesh said, “Don’t expect anything much from Copenhagen. We will stick to our stand.”
“It is going to be a long haul before coming to an international agreement. The negotiations will continue,” he said here on the sidelines of the release of The State of World Population 2009.
Ramesh said India needs to take proactive steps to take on obligations domestically in order to tackle climate change, rather than accepting any legally-binding cuts on green house gas emission.
“We need to be proactive, aggressive and ruthless in our domestic obligations. Domestic issues need to be addressed first and there is a need for distinction,” he said.
India is most vulnerable to climate change on multiple fronts. Whether it is the costal areas, Himalayan glaciers or bio-diversity resources, the country’s fundamental economy will have a drastic impact of climate change. By being proactive domestically, it will strengthen our international obligations, too,” he added.
He further said climate change is not linked to population and emission but on the pattern of the lifestyle.
From 1985 to 2005, China had a negative growth rate. However, the emission rate went up 43% during the period, which clearly indicates that a country’s population is not necessarily linked to emission.
India is an economically growing country with low emissions. In the 12th Plan, low carbon sustainable growth would be the core of the Plan, Jairam Ramesh highlighted.
By 2030, 25-30% emissions are likely to come from the automobile sector alone. This is mainly due to lack of fuel efficiency standards and mitigations in the sector. Same is the case with steel industry, power sector and agriculture. To combat such emissions, mitigations needs to be put in place and a performance target needs to be set.
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