CB Bureau‘China’s greenhouse gas emissions are about four times that of India’s and in no way can India be equated to China in emissions, but both these countries are adding to forest cover and are two major re-foresters,’ Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh said at the inaugural session of ‘China and India: 60 years and beyond’.
The minister confirmed that both the countries are looking at clean and alternative energy collaborations. ‘India and China are looking at clean energy collaboration… We are also discussing collaboration in the field of glaciology (study of glaciers),’ said Ramesh.
Commenting on international pressures, Ramesh said both the countries have relatively low per-capita income. The common factor is that neither of the countries would like an international barrier in their growth.
Senior leaders from the Congress and the Communist Party of China also spoke at the daylong seminar. The event was organized by the foreign affairs department of the Congress party.