India on course to submit INDCs for climate change by end September: Ashok Lavasa
Updated: Jul 14, 2015 05:11:40pm
New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) India is at an advanced stage of finalizing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and is on course to meet the deadline for submission of INDCs by September 30, 2015.
The country would not restrict its outlook on INDCs to climate change but also tailor them to sustainable development goals, said Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, at FICCI’s ‘Industry Consultation on India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for Climate Change’.
Lavasa said that it has been fundamentally recognized that the right to development is basic to human beings and all societies and this right is exercised by the government and citizens keeping in view the aspirations of the people and available resources. Hence, the biggest challenge for India is to develop INDCs such that the country’s growth is not hampered and carbon emissions also remain within an acceptable limit.
Referring to the US-China statement of last year, Lavasa said that it is well recognized that developing countries will grow and so will their carbon emission. Hence, he urged the stakeholders to recommend feasible solutions to develop constructive and comprehensive INDCs.
Citing the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), which seeks to strengthen the market for energy efficiency by creating conducive regulatory and policy regime, Lavasa added that the government had already initiated other such programmes for sustainable growth of the country.
Elaborating on the role of industry, Lavasa said that his ministry was revising norms for various sectors to create an environment where there is less stress on ecology. He added that there are sectors that have improved water efficiency and adopted other measures, which would eventually help in reducing carbon emissions.
Lavasa stated that developed and developing countries are currently submitting their national post-2020 climate action commitments, but it is essential to understand that pre-2020 actions for adaption and mitigation are also imperative. He added that there was a need to set ambitious targets and scale up the pre-2020 actions to achieve the goal of INDCs.
In his macro presentation on ‘The INDC Framework for India’, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that active participation from private sector was needed. Besides corporations, investors, governments and citizen must take responsibility to create the systemic change we need for an environmentally sustainable economy. He added that there was need to identify actions for reducing emissions as well as for adaptation. Also, voluntary domestic carbon market was being explored that can be linked with Corporate Social Responsibility. (KNN Bureau)
The country would not restrict its outlook on INDCs to climate change but also tailor them to sustainable development goals, said Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, at FICCI’s ‘Industry Consultation on India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for Climate Change’.
Lavasa said that it has been fundamentally recognized that the right to development is basic to human beings and all societies and this right is exercised by the government and citizens keeping in view the aspirations of the people and available resources. Hence, the biggest challenge for India is to develop INDCs such that the country’s growth is not hampered and carbon emissions also remain within an acceptable limit.
Referring to the US-China statement of last year, Lavasa said that it is well recognized that developing countries will grow and so will their carbon emission. Hence, he urged the stakeholders to recommend feasible solutions to develop constructive and comprehensive INDCs.
Citing the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), which seeks to strengthen the market for energy efficiency by creating conducive regulatory and policy regime, Lavasa added that the government had already initiated other such programmes for sustainable growth of the country.
Elaborating on the role of industry, Lavasa said that his ministry was revising norms for various sectors to create an environment where there is less stress on ecology. He added that there are sectors that have improved water efficiency and adopted other measures, which would eventually help in reducing carbon emissions.
Lavasa stated that developed and developing countries are currently submitting their national post-2020 climate action commitments, but it is essential to understand that pre-2020 actions for adaption and mitigation are also imperative. He added that there was a need to set ambitious targets and scale up the pre-2020 actions to achieve the goal of INDCs.
In his macro presentation on ‘The INDC Framework for India’, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that active participation from private sector was needed. Besides corporations, investors, governments and citizen must take responsibility to create the systemic change we need for an environmentally sustainable economy. He added that there was need to identify actions for reducing emissions as well as for adaptation. Also, voluntary domestic carbon market was being explored that can be linked with Corporate Social Responsibility. (KNN Bureau)
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