Ahmedabad: An environment think tank today appealed to developing nations including India to negotiate "strongly" in the upcoming Paris climate change conference, and blamed developed countries for the present state of global warming.
The Centre for Science (CSE) also called for equity between developed and developing countries during the summit and asserted that countries of South Asia and Africa should send their best people to negotiate "hard" on climate change.
"As the world's nations prepare for climate change negotiations in Paris later his year, it is important for developing countries to negotiate strongly in Paris. Climate negotiations are considered by governments to be a soft issue while trade negotiations are given priority.
"This year too, the climate change negotiations are very important. The world is already looking at the prospect of not containing climate change within 2 degrees Celsius. "Recently, the emission plans of 119 countries was put out by the United Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC). These emission reduction plans will not contain temperature rise below 2 degrees. There was a 25 per cent ambition gap until 2030," said Chandra Bhushan, CSE's Deputy Director General.
Emphasising the importance of viewing cumulative emissions by countries rather than the current annual emissions, Narain said, "It is due to the emission by developed countries such as the US that the world has reached this state where it has to restrict emissions and global warming."
The Centre for Science (CSE) also called for equity between developed and developing countries during the summit and asserted that countries of South Asia and Africa should send their best people to negotiate "hard" on climate change.
"As the world's nations prepare for climate change negotiations in Paris later his year, it is important for developing countries to negotiate strongly in Paris. Climate negotiations are considered by governments to be a soft issue while trade negotiations are given priority.
"This year too, the climate change negotiations are very important. The world is already looking at the prospect of not containing climate change within 2 degrees Celsius. "Recently, the emission plans of 119 countries was put out by the United Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC). These emission reduction plans will not contain temperature rise below 2 degrees. There was a 25 per cent ambition gap until 2030," said Chandra Bhushan, CSE's Deputy Director General.
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Emphasising the importance of viewing cumulative emissions by countries rather than the current annual emissions, Narain said, "It is due to the emission by developed countries such as the US that the world has reached this state where it has to restrict emissions and global warming."
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