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Emission targets under Copenhagen pact; BASIC to meet in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) With Copenhagen Accord setting a
January 31 deadline for the nations to specify 2020 emission
targets and other steps, India will hold discussion with other
BASIC group members comprising China, South Africa and Brazil
in the Indian national capital New Delhi to discuss their
climate strategy.
"I have invited my counterparts in the BASIC group to
attend a meeting in New Delhi in the third week of January
before everyone finalises the entry into the appendix
(Accord)," Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told PTI.
"The main challenge is that an agreement by 29 countries
needs to be converted into one by 194 countries," Ramesh
pointed amid environmentalists' demand not to endorse the
Accord which they have termed "flawed" and "meaningless."
While 194 countries, including the US, China and India,
at the two-week UN summit in the Danish Capital last month
took note of the Copenhagen deal, they were given until
January 31 to list actions and targets to curb greenhouse
gases causing global warming.
As per the Accord, Appendix 1 is intended for
"economy-wide emissions targets" for 2020 for Annex-I (rich
countries) while Appendix 2 is for "mitigation actions" by
non-Annex I (developing) countries. These commitments can
become operational immediately.
Canada, along with Australia, Papua New Guinea and the
Maldives, is among the first countries to officially notify
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of
its intention to sign on to the Copenhagen pact on climate
change.
The accord, which was accepted by 29 countries, must
pledge to keep the increase in global temperatures below two
degrees Celsius, and developed countries must commit USD 100
billion by 2020 to the developing world to help emerging
economies deal with their emissions. It does not include any
caps on carbon emissions.
India on its part has a national action plan, commitment
to reduce emission intensity by 20-25 per cent from 2005
levels and setting up of an expert group to look at low-carbon
growth strategies to submit under the Accord, Ramesh added.
PTI AJ
ANU
January 31 deadline for the nations to specify 2020 emission
targets and other steps, India will hold discussion with other
BASIC group members comprising China, South Africa and Brazil
in the Indian national capital New Delhi to discuss their
climate strategy.
"I have invited my counterparts in the BASIC group to
attend a meeting in New Delhi in the third week of January
before everyone finalises the entry into the appendix
(Accord)," Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told PTI.
"The main challenge is that an agreement by 29 countries
needs to be converted into one by 194 countries," Ramesh
pointed amid environmentalists' demand not to endorse the
Accord which they have termed "flawed" and "meaningless."
While 194 countries, including the US, China and India,
at the two-week UN summit in the Danish Capital last month
took note of the Copenhagen deal, they were given until
January 31 to list actions and targets to curb greenhouse
gases causing global warming.
As per the Accord, Appendix 1 is intended for
"economy-wide emissions targets" for 2020 for Annex-I (rich
countries) while Appendix 2 is for "mitigation actions" by
non-Annex I (developing) countries. These commitments can
become operational immediately.
Canada, along with Australia, Papua New Guinea and the
Maldives, is among the first countries to officially notify
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of
its intention to sign on to the Copenhagen pact on climate
change.
The accord, which was accepted by 29 countries, must
pledge to keep the increase in global temperatures below two
degrees Celsius, and developed countries must commit USD 100
billion by 2020 to the developing world to help emerging
economies deal with their emissions. It does not include any
caps on carbon emissions.
India on its part has a national action plan, commitment
to reduce emission intensity by 20-25 per cent from 2005
levels and setting up of an expert group to look at low-carbon
growth strategies to submit under the Accord, Ramesh added.
PTI AJ
ANU
