New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Monday said that the US
and the developed countries have to abide by the principle of
common but differentiated responsibility and recognise
voluntary cuts in emission by developing countries.
The statement of the CPI(M) comes against the backdrop of
the Copenhagen Summit for Climate Change and the participation
of a five-member parliamentary delegation in the meet, which
includes Sitaram Yechury of the party.
Yechury told reporters that though the parliamentary
delegation will not be a part of the official negotiating
team, but will impress for discussions on the "red lines"
which emerged during the debate on the issue in Parliament.
He said that there cannot be "mandatory emission cuts" as
there was a UN framework of "common but differentiated
responsibility".
Referring to the Kyoto Protocol, the CPI(M) leader said
it talks of voluntary cuts as per the national priorities.
Yechury said there has to be voluntary cuts and not mandatory
which is subject to international inspection and verification.
He said another red line on which the Parliamentary
delegation would want discussions would be the transfer of
finances and technology to the developing countries for their
voluntary action plan to cut emission.
"We require environmental justice in the world. That can
be possible only if we accept the principle that every human
being on earth has access to equal carbon space," Yechury
said, adding it was at present 20 times in the US than that of
India.
He said, "you cannot allow the US to keep changing the
goalpost. They cannot adopt common but undifferentiated
responsibility from common but differentiated responsibility".
PTI
First Published: Monday, December 14, 2009, 17:49