The
Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar
has said that Government’s initiatives, efforts, and action plans to pursue the
clean and renewable energy path had put India in a leadership position in
dealing with climate change issues. India’s Solar Energy programme which aims
to generate 1 lakh MW Electricity by 2020, and other initiatives on wind energy
deployment, water conservation, and protecting coastlines and Himalayan
Ecosystem, reflected Government’s commitment towards environment protection and
sustainable development. The Minister stated this while delivering the Keynote
Address at the Conference on ‘Negotiating the Climate Cliff: India’s Climate
Policy and Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)’ organized by
Council on Energy, Environment & Water (CEEW), a think-tank on environment
issues, here today.
Regarding the
‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’ that India has to submit before
the Paris Climate Conference 2015, Shri Javadekar said that various modalities
and frameworks for developing India’s INDCs were being worked out. The
Government would take into account the issues of accessibility of key
technologies and financial mechanisms that support Climate Change initiatives,
the Minister added. The Minister also reiterated the need to balance the
efforts towards environment protection and sustainable development.
The Conference aims
at initiating discussions on India’s Climate strategy prior to and post Paris
2015. A range of issues around nuclear energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon transportation
choices, Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), and Carbon Capture and Storage all of which
have critical relevance in India’s Climate policy were being deliberated upon. The
Conference also intends to discuss strategies and frameworks that would support
India’s position in the Climate Change discourse in Paris 2015.
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