By Shilpi Aggarwal
At the recent meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Former United States vice President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Al Gore, India made its stance very clear that it will not compromise on its economic growth for any target for carbon emission reduction.
Al Gore, a climate change crusader, tried its best to pursue Indian leaders to take the leadership in the fight against climate change. According to him, India should come forward for development of renewable technologies and do the same as it would have done in sectors like IT, pharma and steel, to name a few.
On being asked on India’s firm position that developing countries should be forced to make mandatory reductions in their carbon emissions, Al Gore said the developing countries have freedom to choose whatever targets they want to set.
However, India feels that before pressurizing developing nations, the world and UN should pressurize US who is the single largest emitter of carbons in the world and also the one who has done the least in solving the problem of global warming.
Today, all across the world, everybody is blaming each other and waiting for the other to come forward and take the initiative. Today, India is not doing it because US is not ready to do it. Tomorrow, China will not do it because India is not doing. We are sharing excuses. Amidst all these blame games, what is running out is time? And, our planet is heading towards destruction with each passing moment.
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