Shri Prakash Javadekar, an Indian Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change urges nations to stay away from the negativities and to not tamper with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In his speech on Wednesday, Sept 30 at the Major Economies Forum in New York, he said that in line with the climate change conference, which will be held in Paris later in 2015, meetings and interventions before and after the culmination of the arduous 2020 goals is much more appropriate at this time. He said this following his claims that some developed nations desire to "negate" the principles of the UN climate framework, which is something he described as "regrettable."
According to Javadekar, all nations must show respect for differentiation and regard it as a principle to bring climate justice to developing countries. The origin of differentiation is enveloped within the value of historical responsibility, equity and polluter pays. With this, no initiatives or signs of tampering with any of the components and principles of the convention shall be made in order for the Paris meeting to be successful.
Javadekar also said that even though India is not a contributor to the problem, it wants to become part of the solution. At present, the historical accruing emission of India is said to be about 3 percent. Aside from that, he also cited the call that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made about exuding positive agenda to discuss climate change. As per Modi, the current vibe of negativity is not beneficial as the Paris conference nears.
Javadekar also cited the Pope in his speech, saying that the Catholic leader has also talked about the principles of polluter pays, equity and historical responsibility in his address to the UN General Assembly and the Congress. "He [the Pope] advised rich countries not to destroy poor ones as earth is getting warmer," said Javadekar. "The developed world must take moral responsibility for the state of the world today." He added that the Pope has mentioned that the vast consumptions of the developed nations has consequences on the developing world.
Rather than giving focus on emergent distractions such as differentiation issues, Javadekar said it is best to concentrate on the results of the Paris meeting. Hence, he encouraged everyone to rid off the negativity and project positivity.
The meeting in Paris, which will run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, 2015, will be looking at achieving a universal and legally-binding agreement among nations to achieve the goal of keeping preindustrial emission levels to below two degrees Celsius.
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