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Subject to finance & tech from rich countries through an ambitious, fair Paris deal
India working towards devising strategies to reduce global warming.
India is likely to announce its targets for the Paris deal by September-end.
The conference has to agree on a draft agreement which would form the cornerstone of a historic deal to be signed in Paris in December 2015 and take effect by 2020.
Climate action plans of poorest nations to cost $1 trillion.
The target is called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
'The Paris Conference is a decisive meeting on climate change.' 'Negotiating an agreement between 196 countries is indeed a challenge.' 'If we go beyond 2°C, the consequences will be extremely difficult to deal with.'The poor are the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.'
Asserting that it has been a strong champion of equity, India on Thursday said developed countries should compensate developing nations for the effects their greenhouse gas emissions have had on climate.
World finance ministers will meet on Oct 7-8 in Lima, Peru, to try to agree on climate change framework.
India on Sunday hailed the outcome of the climate summit, saying the deal reached has addressed the concerns of the developing countries and given them enough space to grow and take appropriate nationally determined steps to combat global warming.
India said that the goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degree Celsius from pre-industrial times will require developed countries to "massively" reduce their emissions
'NPT waiver is like being allowed in the verandah. NSG membership is like being in the room... being part of rule making.'
The average global temperature between January and October has been 0.68 degrees Celsius higher than the 20th century's average global temperature of 14.1 degree C.
Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tall claims that no one has served nature more than India, some of the steps taken by his BJP government proves that the ground reality is exactly opposite, says Devanik Saha.
The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report highlights gaps worldwide in finance, technology, and knowledge.
India is actively involved in reducing carbon emissions.
Developed and developing countries are very different and they are different from variety of reasons on climate change.
COP 21 is about how much carbon space is left and who gets how much of that space
The report was presented at the UN Climate Convention Summit in Peru on Thursday by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's Standing Committee on Finance.
Broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indces slipping 0.8%-1.1%
The new agreement, will be negotiated and once it is sealed it will also be judged
The minister echoed the consistent message of the Indian delegation as well as other developing countries that the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions of all countries should include elements of adaptation, finance, technology and capacity building.
Senior journalist Darryl D'Monte reports exclusively for Rediff.com from Paris.
Developed nations have refused financial support for climate change to India, China and Brazil.
The omission of historical responsibilities, implying the build-up in the atmosphere of 165 years of greenhouse gas emissions from industrialised countries, is a body blow to the notion of climate justice, sums up Darryl D'Monte, reporting exclusively for Rediff.com from COP21.
The Niti Aayog has finalised the first draft of a new national energy policy.
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