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India tells rich nations not to treat climate issues for providing market to domestic companies -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India


WARSAW: Hitting out at developed countries for backtracking on their commitments to fight climate change, India on Thursday used the UN climate talks platform to tell the rich nations not to treat global warming issues with a "business perspective of providing markets to domestic companies".

New Delhi also expressed dismay at decision of some of the rich nations - including Japan, Canada and Australia - to scale down ambition and lowering of targets of emissions.

Articulating country's stand over the entire issue of climate change, Indian environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan appealed the rich nations to take lead in fighting climate change, specifically when nothing concrete has emerged so far from the on-going climate talks.

Incidentally, her remarks came merely an hour before most of the NGOs including from India walked out from the Conference citing the rich nations' failure to deliver on the promises made by them.

"Warsaw (on-going UN conference on climate change) must act ... we must act and deliver here and now", said Natarajan, going a bit beyond her written speech while addressing a gathering of ministers/representatives from 195 countries here at National Stadium.

Though her speech stuck to what has been New Delhi's stated position for long, she chose the platform to raise the controversial issue of climate damaging HFC gases and let the gathering know what India thinks about it and put it out as part of her formal written speech.

In a remark which may not go down well with the US, specifically on HFCs issue, Natarajan said, "The issue should not be seen from a business perspective of providing markets to domestic companies".

Though she did not take names of countries or companies, her remarks articulated the concerns raised back home about reported attempts of US to push the issue of phasing down HFCs merely to benefit couple of American private companies who are manufacturing refrigerants using technology\substitute whose cost is quite higher than existing ones used in India.

Putting across India's stand quite emphatically, Natarajan said, "The issue of HFC has to be addressed by us under this convention (UNFCCC). In the meeting of Montreal Protocol in Bangkok last month, many countries, including some from G20, have opposed amendments to bring it under MP".

She made it clear that the developing countries including India would not move on it without complete clarity on the issue. She said, "Developing countries need clarity on identified substitutes, their costs, safety and economic feasibility.

The minister reiterated that the developing countries cannot take a "leap of faith without knowing the exact path and the pitfalls. It is time that we had an honest dialogue instead of raising rhetoric" - a remark which may also be seen as India's flexibility if it gets technologically effective and economically viable solution which the New Delhi had stated at other platforms as well in the past.

Montreal Protocol currently deals with phasing out only ozone depleting substances like hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). Though the HFC is not the ozone depleting gas, it contributes to global warming and therefore its phase-out comes under the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC which puts the onus of its replacement or phasing down only on rich countries.

The NGOs which walked out from the climate talks include the Climate Action Network South Asia and Global Civil Society movements, expressing frustration over "empty talks". They stated that the talks have so far failed to address climate challenges in developing countries where people are dying due to cyclones like Phailin and Haiyan and flash floods.