Indian cabinet ministers have made clear all year that India is not bucking “the human-caused climate change crisis” lie, but it will not stop its own economic development or use of coal for electricity, nor will it pressure other developing nations to do so. Neither the apocalypse-now-if–you-don’t-do-so IPCC report issued on Monday, nor the hyperventilating by media and UN officials which followed, has changed India’s policy.
Indian Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav issued a statement yesterday, calling the report issued that day by the IPCC “a clarion call for the developed countries to undertake immediate, deep emission cuts and decarbonization of their economies.”
“Developed Countries have usurped far more than their fair share of the global carbon budget. Reaching net zero alone is not enough, as it is the cumulative emissions up to net zero that determine the temperature that is reached. This has been amply borne out in the IPCC report. It vindicates India’s position that historical cumulative emissions are the source of the climate crisis that the World faces today,” he added.
