New Delhi: When the largest historical contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — United States of America — pulled out of the Paris Agreement, aimed at lowering the effects of GHG and climate change, it heaped blame on India and China for skewing the Accord in their favour.
He went on to say that “India makes its participation contingent on receiving billions and billions of dollars in foreign aid from the developed countries.”
India had submitted to the Agreement that it would reduce its emissions per unit of economic output by 33 to 35 per cent below 2005-level by 2030; the submission does seek foreign aid to meet its goals and mitigate the costs.
The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) made by developing countries such as India are ambitious and India has shown commitment towards keeping them, well on its way to becoming the world’s third largest solar-powered economy.
From 1850 to 2010, India’s CO2 emissions have been one tenth that of the US and of the European countries. India had also agreed to a five-yearly review of its targets.
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