World Bank Report on Global Warming

Rajya Sabha

Government is aware of the discussion on World Bank’s ‘Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change’ that took place in Dubai in October 2009. The Report outlines the World Bank’s vision of dealing with challenge of development in a changing climate.

In the International Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India, China and Brazil have actively participated and coordinated their position as members of the Group of 77 and China. They have argued that Parties must take actions in accordance with the principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities’ of the Convention. Annex-I Parties who bear the historic responsibility for Climate Change must commit themselves to deeper emission reduction commitments while developing countries will take voluntary mitigation action to the extent that the developed countries provide support in terms of finance and technology.

Parties are currently engaged in negotiations under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol in order to reach agreed outcomes at the 15th Conference of Parties scheduled in Copenhagen in December 2009.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda and Shri Gireesh Kumar Sanghi in Rajya Sabha today.

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