The Asian Age: Minister of state for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar will on Friday release India’s emission targets in New Delhi, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a district court compoud in Khunti, Jharhand, that will be fully-operated by solar energy. This clearly sends out the message that India bats for a switch towards renewable energy, and sources said the clean energy targets released on Friday are likely to have an emphasis on this. By mooting the concept of climate justice, India has taken up a pole position of developing and poor nations, and thus New Delhi will have the backing of African and Latin American nations, official sources said. Climate justice also means insulating poor nations from natural disasters, and thus the concept was well received by developing nations, they added. The US and other rich nations, by committing drastic cuts in emission levels, have been putting pressure on nations like India to follow suit. For this, Washington and New Delhi have even formed a joint working group to discuss climate change. While the US pleged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically by 2025, and even China plans to cut down massively on carbon emissions, sources pointed out that developed nations are major pollutants and their pressure on countries like India has given birth to the concept of cliamte justice. According to rough estimates, India’s per capita emission is 1.7 whereas that of the US is 16 or 17, this itself gives a clear picture of the sitaution, the sources pointed out. Source: The Asian Age
Switch to solar power India's priority
The Asian Age: Minister of state for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar will on Friday release India’s emission targets in New Delhi, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a district court compoud in Khunti, Jharhand, that will be fully-operated by solar energy. This clearly sends out the message that India bats for a switch towards renewable energy, and sources said the clean energy targets released on Friday are likely to have an emphasis on this. By mooting the concept of climate justice, India has taken up a pole position of developing and poor nations, and thus New Delhi will have the backing of African and Latin American nations, official sources said. Climate justice also means insulating poor nations from natural disasters, and thus the concept was well received by developing nations, they added. The US and other rich nations, by committing drastic cuts in emission levels, have been putting pressure on nations like India to follow suit. For this, Washington and New Delhi have even formed a joint working group to discuss climate change. While the US pleged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically by 2025, and even China plans to cut down massively on carbon emissions, sources pointed out that developed nations are major pollutants and their pressure on countries like India has given birth to the concept of cliamte justice. According to rough estimates, India’s per capita emission is 1.7 whereas that of the US is 16 or 17, this itself gives a clear picture of the sitaution, the sources pointed out. Source: The Asian Age