Speaking after the formal launch, Modi said, “In the Indian tradition, sun is the source of all forms of energy. So the choices are not easy”, Modi said.
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“India will fulfil expectations from it and its responsibilities…the country is working to take forward development and (protecting) environment together”, Modi said at a joint press event with Obama.
In a display of political will, world leaders from 150 countries, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, made speeches about countering climate change before global warming reached a point of no return.
The Paris summit aims to forge an elusive agreement to curb global warming by limiting the emission of greenhouse gases and the USA has contended that India should make firm commitments in this regard.
“Under India’s leadership, the ISA could inspire and support several developed and developing countries to advance on a clean energy pathway by lowering financing costs, developing common standards, encouraging knowledge sharing and facilitating R&D collaborations and co-development of technologies to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) announced earlier this year”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed on the importance of the role of nature in climate change and said that nature is meant to provide and nurture, and not for exploitation. “This is the moment that we finally chose to save our planet”, he said.
“We want the world to act with urgency”.
He asked the developed nations to fulfil their duty to shoulder the greater burden of the fight against climate change.
Prime Minister Modi is expected to go around the pavilion tomorrow after inaugurating it. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar who has already reached Paris has reviewed the pavilion and will also be present tomorrow. The idea for such an alliance was conceived by Modi in January and thereafter India had pursued the subject with as many as 121 countries which are solar-rich, lying fully or partially between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. “PM enplanes after an important day at #COP21, redeeming India’s pledge to Mother Earth”, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted just before the Prime Minister departure for New Delhi.
As the Paris climate summit begins, Prime Minister Modi is poised to unveil a solar partnership, leading a group of over a hundred countries for a radical solar energy plan that can inject momentum in the tricky negotiations; most of which rest on securing the rights of countries to develop.
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The promise was described as “at the least ambitious end of what would be a fair contribution” by Climate Action Tracker, and not consistent with meeting a 2C target. “We have got off to a good start, with almost 12 GW likely to be installed by 2016, more than three times the current capacity”, he said.
