Articulating India's view points in New York Summit, country's environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday told the gathering that the "poverty remains a major polluter" and poor nations need to grow economically to address it.
In a remark which may not please the rich nations who want all polluting nations to share the responsibility, Javadekar said, "...developing countries can do more if finance and technology support and capacity building is ensured. This must be a key focus of international cooperation".
Toughening country's stand ahead of Peru climate talks, he emphasized that in the present circumstances where 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty across many countries, "the talks about changed realities can only be misleading and motivated".
Though many European countries promised to increase the percentage of their emission cuts by 2020 and also committed towards capitalizing the crucial Green Climate Fund (GCF), Indian environment minister sought to remind them of their earlier promises under the Kyoto Protocol and made it clear that they should not escape from their 'historical responsibilities'.
Defending India's position, Javadekar said, "India remains committed to pursuing a path of sustainable development through eradication of poverty both of income as well as energy."
He also shared details of what all the new government has been doing to achieve its goal and said, "We have shown that we have the political will to act. Our slogan is development without destruction.... We have also taken policy initiatives in several other areas".
Narrating the challenges before India and other developing countries, the minister, however, said, "Evidence indicates, that countries that have achieved a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.9 or more have per capita energy consumption of at least 2.5 tons oil equivalent (toe) per year.
"The current per capita energy consumption in India is about 0.6 toe per year, which is a fraction of the figures for the developed world. In other words, with today's technologies and living standards, the energy consumption in India would need to increase by 4 times as India's HDI increases from the current value of 0.5 to a value of 0.9".
In an indication that the effort to improve upon the HDI may increase emission, the minister said, "The key challenge therefore is to enable this higher energy consumption at a cost that people are willing and able to pay, and with lower carbon intensity".
He, however, insisted that the country was "fully committed" to achieving its voluntary goal for reducing Emission Intensity of its GDP by 20-25% by 2020 over 2005 level.
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