New Delhi: “phase down” of coal which has not taken place not Indian language on the COP international climate conference which was recently concluded in Glasgow and introduced by the US and China, government sources close to PTI told Wednesday, and added It was “unfair” to criticize India for it.
In anonymous conditions, these sources also confirm that the term “phase down” is already in the conference text.
The Glasgow climate pact states that the use of “underturned coal must be removed”, as well as subsidies for fossil fuels. Some countries have criticized India because it makes words weaker than the initial proposal, with the final text just calling for “phase down” and not “phase out” coal.
Explaining how the whole situation took place, official resources said that many countries had objected to the initial text “removing coal fuel subsidies and fossils” after that the consensus was achieved among the parties and the new text arrived where it contained the term. “Down phase” instead of “phase out”.
“It is the COP 26 chairman, Alok Sharma, who has asked India to introduce new texts on the floor,” said an official, adding that it was “unfair” on the side that blamed India to promote the down phase, rather than the phase of coal power, One of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
Nearly 200 countries in COP 26 in Glasgow have received an agreement on November 13, which aims to maintain the target of the main global warming of life, but with language changes from “the phase out of coal” to “phase down”.
Other officials from the government said that the term “phase down” was already in the text. He said that India was certainly uncomfortable with “phase out” coal because the peak power load in India was still from coal.
However, it did not introduce the term “phase down” which was very criticized, he said.
The official said that “all fossil fuels are bad. Our concern is why coal was chosen in COP 26. The US was carried out using coal and had moved to other fossil fuels so they felt comfortable with it. This is our problem. This is our problem.” However, we did not introduce the term ‘gradual’. It comes from the US and China. India was only blamed for reading the statement. “
He said that India wanted to emphasize the subject of ‘outgoing phase’ to provide support to the poorest and most vulnerable, in line with the national situation, and recognized the need for support for a fair transition.
The source also clarified that five national goals announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not be referred to as “updated national goals (NDC)”.
“They are national targets or goals that might be translated into the NDC and delivered by the Ministry of Environment. It is wrong to say that whatever announced PM is an updated NDCS India,” said the source.
At a high-level meeting in COP 26, Modi has announced ‘Picamrit’ (Five Goals) (Five Goals) – The non-fossil-fueled energy-fueled energy capacity of up to 500 GW in 2030, ensures that 50 percent of the country’s energy needs are encountered by Renewable sources in 2030, reducing total carbon emissions projected by one billion tons, reducing the intensity of economic carbon to less than 45 percent and finally, achieving zero zero emissions in 2070.
Glasgow’s climate pact was adopted on November 13 with the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres smoothed the results of the COP-26 “compromise” and called on the act of maintaining a global temperature increase in 1.5 degrees Celsius.
He has also asked member countries to remove the use of coal and protect the vulnerable communities of the impact of climate change.
Cop 26 President Sharma also expressed disappointment at the use of the term “gradual” coal in the final result which said he hoped that the language which was initially agreed on the elimination of coal power in the Glasgow climate agreement was preserved.