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New Delhi: Majority of people want a robust climate change agreement in Copenhagen in December.
The study commissioned by HSBC Climate Partnership said 65% people believe that it is important to have a climate change agreement. The corresponding figure for India stands at 62%. The study covered 12 countries and 12,000 people. Though the concern for climate change has fallen by 8% all over the world, the emerging countries are still more concerned than developed countries, according to a new report.
HSBC corporate sustainability head (India) Malini Thadani said, “The commitment to action is still high and it’s encouraging.” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change executive secretary Yvo de Boer at the opening of a new round of climate change talks in Barcelona said on Monday, “The talks need to make clear progress. We have only five days to further narrow down options and come up with working texts.”
The Barcelona talks seek for clarity on outstanding issues of emission reduction targets of industrialised countries, action plans of developing countries and financing, ahead of the final UN climate change summit. The Intergovernmental panel on climate change has called for emission reduction of 25%-40% by industrialised countries over 1990 levels by 2020 and 50% by the world by 2050 to avoid the worst impact of climate change. According to the HSBC survey, 79% are in favour of their countries reducing emissions by 50-80% by 2050.
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