Dynamite News COP27: India Resists Calls To Raise Ambitions, Says Rich Nations Must Reach Net Zero Before 2030
India on Monday firmly resisted calls for developing countries to raise ambitions at the ongoing UN climate summit in Egypt, saying "goalposts are being shifted constantly. Read more on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: India on Monday firmly resisted calls for developing countries to raise ambitions at the ongoing UN climate summit in Egypt, saying "goalposts are being shifted constantly", while rich nations have "enormously" failed in delivering the technology and financial resources needed for low-carbon development.
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Making an intervention at the "Ministerial High-Level Roundtable on Pre-2030 Ambition", Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said the historical cumulative emissions of countries should be the measure of their responsibility to raise ambitions and that some developed nations "must reach net zero even before 2030" as their goal to become carbon neutral by 2050 is "not enough at all".
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Net zero means achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out.(PTI)