Private sector’s declaration on climate change ‘historic step’: Javadekar

New Delhi, Nov 5 : Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday that India is on the way forward towards achieving its commitments made at the Paris Agreement and the country is acting on its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Javadekar said that India is among the few countries which is two degrees compliant and has taken many decisive actions in fighting Climate Change, not only at the government level, but also at the private level, which shows the country’s commitment and resolve.
Releasing a Declaration on Climate Change signed by 24 key industry captains and the Environment Ministry at the virtual India CEO forum on Climate Change, Javadekar further said that this voluntary declaration by private sector companies is a historic step.
“The world says and preaches many things, but to bring them into practice is much more difficult. I think today the United Nations ecosystem and UNFCCC will take note of this initiative of India and its corporate world to adhere to and declare plans of their own carbon neutrality,” said Javadekar.
Addressing the forum, he suggested to the corporate world to propagate and report to the government what steps and initiatives they are taking towards decarbonisation and bring to the government’s notice polluting activities for it to take action.
“We have to be on the same page regarding our insistence on financial and technological support from the advanced economies, so that India can also catch up and march ahead,” the minister said.