India considers climate change major threat : Minister

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New Delhi : Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, on November 6, 2017,  said that India considers climate change as a major threat to collective well-being and wants to play a positive, as well as constructive role in combating it.

Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of India Pavilion at the ongoing meeting of Conference of Parties (COP-23) at Bonn in Germany, the Minister said that climate change will put a disproportionate burden on the poor and marginalised sections of the global community.  He added that scientific evidence clearly indicates the severity of climate change and the cost of delayed action. “Access to clean air, water, and a livable climate are inalienable human rights. And solving this crisis is just not a question of politics, it is our moral obligation,” Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, according to a PIB release.

Emphasising that though India’s per capita emissions are only one-third of global average and its contribution to global stock of carbon dioxide is less than 3%, India has still moved ahead with implementation of path-breaking initiatives under the leadership of the PM Narendra Modi, the Minister said. He pointed out that India Pavilion is a window to our heritage and our progress, our traditions and indigenous technology, aspirations and achievements.