India today said several of its concerns on climate change have not been incorporated in the new draft. It includes voluntary pledges of nations. India also 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 and "scale up" the financial support to developing countries.<br/><br/>India strongly put across its point that durable agreement at Paris "cannot" be crafted by "diluting" historical responsibilities or by putting the polluters and the victims at the same level.<br/><br/>It also termed as "disappointing" the issue of finance, saying while developed countries failed to fulfil their obligations, they are also trying to "shift" their responsibility to developing nations. Describing the latest draft as the "starting point for the final push", Environment Minister Javadekar said there are many "points of departure" at this stage of negotiations and much work is need to reach a point of convergence.<br/><br/>The first draft of the Paris Outcome, prepared after two days of high-level ministerial deliberations, was released by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday in Paris at the crucial climate change conference scheduled to end tomorrow.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | December 10, 2015 1:55 PM
India says several of its concerns on climate change haven't been incorporated in new draft