India & China plead for a emission free world

Ask for cooperation from developed nations

India has asked the developed nations of the world to supply it with advanced clean technologies at concessional rates.

Indian delegate Rajeev Shukla, MP, said to the UN General Assembly's economic and financial committee that such an approach would help eradicate poverty and hunger, as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He added that India's energy efficiency is amongst the best in the world, and called for conservation, protection, and sustainable use of generic resources.

Production of exports from the 'factory of the world', China, accounts for 20 per cent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Zhenhua cited industrialisation and a coal-dominated energy mix as the cause of its inefficiency at controlling emissions.