India may be
Noor-Jahan for the Developing World at COP -21 at Paris.US secretary of
State Jon Kerry ,ahead of the Climate Meet,has asserted that India will
be a challenge, but The country has already made it clear that it would be a
facilitator rather than be a blocker during the crucial climate meet
negotiations aimed at saving planet Earth by joint and concerted attempts
by
every one.
every one.
As the name signifies-
Noor( Light) Jahan ( world) , India well prepared with documentation and
arguments for climate justice will be throwing light on crucial inputs for the
International agreement to be inked during the summit which opened on November
30 with addresses of Nations’ heads .
Advanced and developed
countries who are responsible for global warming must take major share in cut
of emissions besides giving funds to others to curtail GHGs is the line of
climate justice by India in the meet.
In Three minutes crisp
articulations of ideas and political will to contain the global
temperature within 2 degree Celsius , Most of the nations have conveyed their
strong view for climate justice which underlines fine balancing of
commitments by those who mainly emitted maximum GHSs and those still battling
for development amid looming threats of bridling industrialization to be
least emitter of GHGs.
India Economic wizards
have already found fault lines in funding by developed nations for climate
safeguards with a slew of green technologies .The OECD report on funding
has many lacunae and A top Bureaucrat has said (World) needs
genuine provision of climate change finance from developed to developing
countries as per commitment and not clever….. accounting .not unreasonable
standards which create markets for developed countries and escalate growth
costs for others”. The OECD in partnership with Climate policy imitative has
recently released a paper climate finance in 2013-14 and the $100 billion goal.
Informatively, Noor
Jahan word gained currency when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a muslim
woman Noor Jahan in Industrial city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh formed a group
of woman to make solar lantern and gives it to people at rent of Rs.100 each
month. He said she is really generating clean energy and is virtually
giving light to the world and her work is the inspiration to all those who want
to fight climate change.An international alliance for production of Solar
Energy will be inked during the meet.100 countries will be part of the alliance
and it is to be launched by France President Francois Hollande and UN Screatry
General Ban ki Moon. Mr Modi had mooted the proposal and is a strong
advocate for such a global partnership for clean energy production in the
Sun shine countries.
(
The Secretary General of Center for Science and environment Sunita Narian on
the occasion, has written--According to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to keep the world below 2°C, with a
66 per cent probability, the budget is some 2,900 billion tonnes of carbon
dioxide between 1870 and 2100. Paris agreement must accept that all countries
have the right to development and that this requires equitable sharing of the
global carbon budget. Of the 2,900 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, some 1,900
billion tonnes have been used up—this amount of carbon dioxide is already
accumulated in the atmosphere.There are some 1,000 billion tonnes left, which
can be emitted between now and 2100.
But there are two other facts to be noted. One, that the already industrialised countries have overused their carbon quota. But more importantly, their lack of ambition means they will continue to surreptitiously appropriate even more of the budget. The US, for instance, has already used up some 21 per cent of the total carbon budget. Between now and 2030, as per its lacklustre INDC, it will take up another 8 per cent. In this way the INDC is not just a country’s commitment to reduce emissions, it is its intention to occupy global carbon space, She said.
Two, by 2030, according to the current emission targets on the table, some 80 per cent of the carbon budget will be used up. In other words, what is available to the world to use up to 2100 will be nearly finished by 2030. This would be fine if all countries were at equal levels of development and would not require any space for growth beyond 2030. But this is hardly the case. India and almost all of Africa, even under the most aggressive plans for growth, would still be struggling to meet the basic needs of people beyond 2030. by then the carbon budget would be all appropriated and gone.)
He said Democratic India must grow rapidly to meet the aspirations of 1.25 billion people, 300 million of whom are without access to energy. India will enlarge our forest cover to absorb at least 2.5 billion tonnes worth of carbon dioxide.
He hoped advanced nations will assume ambitious targets and pursue them sincerely. It is not just a question of historical responsibility. They also have the most room to make the cuts and make the strongest impact. And, climate justice demands that, with the little carbon space we still have, developing countries should have enough scope to grow. “ This also means aggressive mitigation action by developed countries before 2020, including ratification of 2nd Commitment period of Kyoto Protocol, removing conditions and revisiting targets.
The principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must remain the bedrock of our collective enterprise across all areas - mitigation, adaptation and means for implementation. Anything else would be morally wrong; and disparities, Mr Modi in a tough message said and added Equity means that national commitments must be consistent with the carbon space nations occupy. Developed countries must fulfill their responsibility to make clean energy available, affordable and accessible to all in the developing world.
But there are two other facts to be noted. One, that the already industrialised countries have overused their carbon quota. But more importantly, their lack of ambition means they will continue to surreptitiously appropriate even more of the budget. The US, for instance, has already used up some 21 per cent of the total carbon budget. Between now and 2030, as per its lacklustre INDC, it will take up another 8 per cent. In this way the INDC is not just a country’s commitment to reduce emissions, it is its intention to occupy global carbon space, She said.
Two, by 2030, according to the current emission targets on the table, some 80 per cent of the carbon budget will be used up. In other words, what is available to the world to use up to 2100 will be nearly finished by 2030. This would be fine if all countries were at equal levels of development and would not require any space for growth beyond 2030. But this is hardly the case. India and almost all of Africa, even under the most aggressive plans for growth, would still be struggling to meet the basic needs of people beyond 2030. by then the carbon budget would be all appropriated and gone.)
He said Democratic India must grow rapidly to meet the aspirations of 1.25 billion people, 300 million of whom are without access to energy. India will enlarge our forest cover to absorb at least 2.5 billion tonnes worth of carbon dioxide.
He hoped advanced nations will assume ambitious targets and pursue them sincerely. It is not just a question of historical responsibility. They also have the most room to make the cuts and make the strongest impact. And, climate justice demands that, with the little carbon space we still have, developing countries should have enough scope to grow. “ This also means aggressive mitigation action by developed countries before 2020, including ratification of 2nd Commitment period of Kyoto Protocol, removing conditions and revisiting targets.
The principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must remain the bedrock of our collective enterprise across all areas - mitigation, adaptation and means for implementation. Anything else would be morally wrong; and disparities, Mr Modi in a tough message said and added Equity means that national commitments must be consistent with the carbon space nations occupy. Developed countries must fulfill their responsibility to make clean energy available, affordable and accessible to all in the developing world.
Threadbare discussions
for the final agreement will start tomorrow when real critical issues
will surface.
As many as 196 nations
will negotiate till December 11 to evolve a climate deal and lot of hopes are
pinned on the meet as the Copenhagen meet had ended in fiasco and temperature
kept shooting due to carbon emissions. It has raised an international alarms
and freak weather conditions speak volumes about the future scare if
temperature kept shooting and glaciers melt.
The deal will be aimed
at to cut green house gas emissions between 2015-2030 to help contain
rise in average global temperature to less than 2 degrees C over pre
industrial levels by 2100.by 2030 India’s share in GHG
emissions is projected at 4.1 per cent as against US 17.7 per cent and Chinas’
16.7 per sent and EUs 14.6 per cent.
China has committed to
reducing total emissions by 2030 while India has promised to take cut emissions
by 30-35 per cent at rate which it emits today. Cuts are based on
Intended Nationally determined contributions (INDC) reports submitted by each
country.
Review and monitoring
mechanism for countries actions for controlling temperature, legal status of
the proposed agreement, transfer of technology from rich to poor countries,
climate finance by developed countries are among the main points which will
form the international agreement.
The crucial aspect of the meet is that its final agreement
may not be any legal binding as the US will not take any risk of its collapse
in the Republicans controlled Congress.the final document will have pledges and
broad understanding.
In a
significant development ,both US and China appears to be on same page for
initiating steps reduction in emissions. China is set to launch its satellites
by May to monitor its emissions
France President in his opening remarks has
made it clear the both terror and climate are going to set future and they are
interlinked. He has said vague agreement will not serve any purpose. Next
eleven days will be crucial for the planet when negotiators will trash out the
agreement rather than having re run of the last failed summit in Copenhagen and
it had resulted into loss of six years.Prime
Minister in his crisp address made it clear that the consequences of the
industrial age powered by fossil fuel are evident, especially on the lives of
the poor and The prosperous still have a strong carbon footprint. And, the
world's billions at the bottom of the development ladder are seeking space to
grow.
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