Business compliance with green norms can bring environment protection, says secretary
Updated: Feb 04, 2015 05:05:16pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (KNN) Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashok Lavasa said debate over industrial growth and environment protection would become redundant if businesses comply with the green norms agreed to in the grant of environment clearance, are creative in adopting green, eco-friendly technologies and undertake collaborative research to come up with sustainable technologies.
Inaugurating the 8th edition of annual flagship event ‘India Climate Policy and Business Conclave’ on Tuesday, Lavasa suggested that the success of these imperatives need to be commended by way of instituting awards for compliant enterprises and the good practices communicated to a wider audience for making green growth possible.
The programmed was organised by FICCI and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, in partnership with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the World Bank Group and supported by GIZ India and ICC.
Lavasa emphasised that that 2015 is a crucial year in two respects such as the need to finalise the sustainable development goals which will replace the millennium development goals set out by the United Nations and strive towards reaching an agreement on climate change in Paris later this year.
He said India regards Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as what is equitable and the country is on course towards finalisation as all states are close to readying State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC).
These plans will outline the various adaptation and mitigation initiatives, the status of their implementation and the role of business and industry, he added.
Citing that is no contradiction between economic growth and climate protection, FICCI President Jyotsna Suri said business can play a key role in the development, dissemination and diffusion of existing and new technologies around the world.
She said engaging the private sector in a constructive dialogue with governments is important.
“As we move towards the Paris climate agreement later this year, governments must realize that business needs clarity and predictability on the provisions of a new 2015 agreement. It also needs to know how this framework will work with markets, trade and investment. And what will be the true incentives for private investors to scale up their low carbon investments,” she said. (KNN/ST)
Inaugurating the 8th edition of annual flagship event ‘India Climate Policy and Business Conclave’ on Tuesday, Lavasa suggested that the success of these imperatives need to be commended by way of instituting awards for compliant enterprises and the good practices communicated to a wider audience for making green growth possible.
The programmed was organised by FICCI and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, in partnership with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the World Bank Group and supported by GIZ India and ICC.
Lavasa emphasised that that 2015 is a crucial year in two respects such as the need to finalise the sustainable development goals which will replace the millennium development goals set out by the United Nations and strive towards reaching an agreement on climate change in Paris later this year.
He said India regards Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as what is equitable and the country is on course towards finalisation as all states are close to readying State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC).
These plans will outline the various adaptation and mitigation initiatives, the status of their implementation and the role of business and industry, he added.
Citing that is no contradiction between economic growth and climate protection, FICCI President Jyotsna Suri said business can play a key role in the development, dissemination and diffusion of existing and new technologies around the world.
She said engaging the private sector in a constructive dialogue with governments is important.
“As we move towards the Paris climate agreement later this year, governments must realize that business needs clarity and predictability on the provisions of a new 2015 agreement. It also needs to know how this framework will work with markets, trade and investment. And what will be the true incentives for private investors to scale up their low carbon investments,” she said. (KNN/ST)
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