India to raise demand for clean technology at affordable cost at Madrid Summit: Javadekar

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar today said that India will put forward the demand for clean technology at affordable cost and liberal financing from developed countries to developing countries during the forthcoming Madrid Meeting on Climate Change.

Speaking in an exclusive interview to Prasar Bharti Special Correspondent after participating in the 15th Governing Council Meeting of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme in Dhaka today, he said, issues of plastic waste management, biodiversity and other issues related to environment were discussed among South Asian Member countries.

Mr Javadekar said that in the meeting he spoke



about India being on track to fulfill its commitment given at Paris on the issues like emission intensity reduction, share of renewable power in India’s power-mix and other issues such as increasing the forest cover.

In all these fields India is leading by example, he said. However, he also pointed out the need to make behavioural change in the public for which public awareness and participation is needed.

The Minister also called upon the developed world to provide clean technology not for making a profit but at cost price to spread the new technology. He said developing world suffers from climatic change the most and the developed world should provide financial aid as promised.