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No change in India?s stand on climate change: Govt

No change in India?s stand on climate change: Govt

by The Daily Eye Team December 15 2014, 4:14 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

India wants developed countries to fulfil their commitments ? under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ? of providing resources to developing countries to mitigate the adverse impact due to climate change, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha today.

Responding on behalf of Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, who is attending a UN Climate Change Summit at Lima in Peru, Rijiju reiterated India?s held stand: ?We want developed countries to contribute more because they are more responsible for emitting greenhouse gases.? Asked about the climate change deal signed by the US and China, the minister said India had nothing to do with it. ?India is not a party to that. We have taken a stand and we are not deviating,? he said.

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