CB BureauJune 28 will see some ingenious
minds discussing the critical question of ‘equity’, a fundamental
issue in climate change talks, from the perspective of carbon budgets, ? as a two-day
international meet ‘Global Carbon Budget and Climate Change’ is being organized
in Mumbai on the said date.
Organized by Tata Institute of Social Science
(TISS) with support of the environment ministry, the meet will be inaugurated
by environment minister Jairam Ramesh. ‘Ensuring equity is fundamental to
a global climate change agreement. For this, equity needs to be an operational,
implementable concept rather than just a theoretical one,’ the minister said.
‘Events such as these play an important role in
giving equity the operational dimension. A number of operational proposals are
being presented at the event and we look forward to a good discussion,’ he stressed.
India and other developing nations have been at
the forefront of putting the issue of equity in burden sharing, for any pact to
be signed. The carbon budget has implications for the economic growth and
poverty alleviation goals of the developing countries.
Delegates from India, China, Brazil, South Africa,
Germany, Switzerland and the UK are expected to attend the meet to discuss a number
of carbon budget proposals.
CB bureau