Speaking at the 11^th India Climate Policy and Business Conclave 2018 at New Delhi today, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) Secretary, C K Mishra, said that the government is working on a pilot project on developing carbon pricing instruments, particularly for the waste and MSME sectors where the possibility of carbon reduction is maximum.

He also said ZED, ‘zero defect zero effect’, programme is very critical and is one of the top priorities of the government.

He also explained that the global pre-2020 commitments on reductions in carbon emissions were sacrosanct and emphasized that climate finance and technology transfer were critical not just for India but for many other countries that were completely dependent on a dedicated fund for combating the impact of climate change.

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