Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday assured a French delegation that India would play a proactive role in the next climate change conference in evolving a consensus.
Mr. Javadekar met a six-member delegation led by Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Laurent Fabius. An official statement said he also assured them that a part of the Green Climate Fund could be utilised to finance the differential cost of IPRs which would help developing countries adopt cutting-edge technologies.
Mr. Javadekar highlighted the initiatives taken by Narendra Modi in Gujarat by setting up a separate Department of Climate Change at the State level and other initiatives on solar and renewable energy resources.
The new government had changed the nomenclature of the Environment Ministry by adding “Climate Change” to it signifying the focus on the issue, he said. The government’s focus on poverty eradication and providing energy access to all would ensure “sustainable balanced development.”
