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| French Minister Mr. Laurent Fabius meets Environment Minister Shri Pakash Javadekar |
Minister of
State for Environment, Forests & Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar met
with six member France delegation led by Foreign Affairs and International
Development Minister Mr. Laurent Fabius. During the discussions Shri Javadekar
said part of Green Climate Fund could be utilized to finance differential cost
of IPRs which would help developing countries adopt cutting-edge technologies
and enable their transition into climate resilient development.
During the
discussions, Shri Javadekar assured India’s positive engagement in the climate
change. He highlighted initiatives taken
by the Hon’ble Prime Minister in the State of Gujarat by setting up a separate
Department of Climate Change at the state level and other initiatives on solar
and renewable energy sources. Signifying
India’s focus on Climate Change Shri Javadekar added that the new government
had changed the nomenclature of the Environment Ministry by adding “Climate
change” to it. Shri Prakash Javadekar also emphasized on the Government’s focus
on poverty eradication and providing energy access to all which would ensure
Sustainable-Balanced development.
Mr. Fabius appreciated the suggestions
made by the Minister and hoped India would act as a bridge between developed
and developing countries in the series of discussions on the 2015
Agreement. The French Minister extended an
invitation to the Minister to attend forthcoming meetings in Paris (Major
Economies Forum) & Berlin (Petersberg Climate Dialogue). The two Ministers also
discussed global Environmental problems, responsibilities of Developed
Countries, need for sustainable and balanced Development, need for Poverty
eradication and future road map for Climate change.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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