India can do more on climate if given technology, resources

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 24 (PTI) Weeks ahead of the Copenhagen
summit, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India
was ready to do more on climate change if developed nations
offer financial resources and technology.
India can commit to be part of a solution that does not
compromise the rights of the developing countries, despite the
fact that being a latecomer to industrialisation it has
contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas
emissions, Singh said.
"We are determined to be part of the solution to the
problem. We are willing to work towards any solution that does
not compromise the right of developing countries to develop
and lift their populations out of poverty," he said in his
address to Washington-based think tank the Council on Foreign
Relations, in significant remarks that come close to the
Copenhagen summit on climate change.
Singh said India has already undertaken to do what it can
with its own resources. "We will do more if there is global
support in terms of financial resources and technology
transfer".
He said India recognises the need to act on climate
change "in our own interest", since it is among the countries
most impacted by the phenomenon. "It is for this reason that
we have adopted an ambitious National Action Plan on Climate
Change," he said. PTI