Coal "Phase Down" Not India's Language, Presented by the US, China: Report

                          

Coal "Phase Down" Not India's Language, Presented by the US, China: Report

At COP 26 in Glasgow on 13 November nearly 200 countries accepted the deal, aimed at keeping the key global warming target alive, but with a change in language from "phase-out of coal" to "phase down".

 Government sources close to PTI said on Wednesday that the "phase down" without coal at the recently concluded international climate conference COP 26 in Glasgow was not India's language and was introduced by the US and China, adding that it To criticize was "inappropriate". For this.

On condition of anonymity, sources also said that the word "phase down" was already in the text of the conference.

The Glasgow Climate Pact states that the "use of unburned coal should be phased out" as a subsidy for fossil fuels. Many countries criticized India for making the wording weaker than the initial proposals, with the final text only calling for a "phase down" and not a "phasing out" of coal.

Explaining how the whole situation unfolded, official sources said that several countries had objected to the initial text of "phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies", following which a consensus was reached between the parties and a New text arrived, which contained this word. "Phase Down" instead of "Phase Down".

“It was COP 26 president, Alok Sharma, who asked India to lay the groundwork on the floor,” said an official, adding that on behalf of those blaming India for promoting India in a phased manner It was "inappropriate". Instead of phasing out coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

At COP 26 in Glasgow on 13 November nearly 200 countries accepted the deal, aimed at keeping the key global warming target alive, but with a change in language from "phase-out of coal" to "phase down".

Another government official said the word "phase down" was already in the text. He said India was certainly not comfortable with a "phase out" of coal as the peak power load in India still comes from coal.

However, it did not introduce the term "phase down", for which it is being heavily criticized, he said.

The official said that "all fossil fuels are bad. Our concern was why coal was being chosen in COP 26. The US is using coal and has shifted to other fossil fuels, so they are able to do away with it." Were comfortable. That was our problem." However, we did not introduce the term 'Facing Down'. It came from America and China. India is being blamed just because it has read out the statement."

He said India would like to emphasize a 'phased out' subject to national circumstances by providing assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable and recognizing the need for support towards a proper transition.

The sources also clarified that the five national targets announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "cannot be updated as Nationally Determined Targets (NDCs)."

"They are national targets or targets that can be translated into NDCs and presented by the environment ministry. It is wrong to say that whatever the PM announced is India's updated NDCs," the sources said.

At a high-level meeting at COP 26, Modi had announced 'Panchamrut' (five goals) - to increase India's non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030, ensuring that 50 percent of the country's energy needs are met. Was. By 2030, a one-billion-ton reduction in total projected carbon emissions from renewable sources, reducing the economy's carbon intensity to less than 45 percent and, ultimately, achieving net-zero emissions by 2070.

The Glasgow Climate Pact On 13 November, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the outcome of COP-26 "a compromise" and called for action to keep global temperature rise within 1.5°C.

He also called on member states to end the use of coal and protect vulnerable communities from the effects of climate change.

COP26 chairman Sharma also expressed dismay at the use of the term "phasing-down" of coal in the final result, saying he wanted the language originally agreed to phase out coal power in the Glasgow climate deal. has been protected.

"Of course, I wish we had managed to preserve the language on coal that was originally agreed upon," he told reporters, "even then, we have language on coal, on step-down, and I Doesn't seem like anyone at the start of this process would have expected it to be upheld."

India was criticized by several countries for promoting the transition to fossil fuels, even as Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who represented the Indian delegation, asked at the Glasgow climate summit whether any coal from developing countries. How can we expect to make promises to "phase out" it? fossil fuel subsidies when they still have to deal with their development agenda and poverty alleviation.

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