India
Mr. Chairman,
As a part of the G77+China, India sees the Rio+20 as a global opportunity to
reinforce the agenda of Sustainable Development, as enunciated in the Rio
Declaration, the Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Action.
In our understanding, the concept of Green Economy pathway, the new buzz word
for global development model, is an integral part of the Sustainable Development
strategy as defined by the RIO principles with equal focus on its three fundamental
pillars ? economic, social and environment.
Developing countries such as India would welcome Green Economy as it has the
potential to meet the primary development goal of poverty eradication. And for this
to happen, there must a strong and effective enabling mechanism consisting of
finance, technology and capacity building for developing countries to transition
from brown to green economy.
Further, sustainable development paradigm must continue to focus on the
principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective
capabilities. We would expect the Rio+20 outcome to bear a strong imprint of this
essential understanding.
Mr. Chairman,
We are well aware that a development paradigm based on green economy offers
challenges as well as opportunities for developing countries. Our suggestion for a
renewed sustainable development approach based on green economy at the RIO+20
would be stress on the following issues:
· Enhance food, energy and water security ;
· Promote regeneration of natural capital including land, forests, water
resources and fish stocks ;
· Develop solutions for population living in urban areas especially in
developing countries;
· Facilitate flow of technology to respond to the structural shift from
brown to green economy;
· Develop international financial mechanisms for aid and concessional
lending to attract public and private investment; and
· Establish guidelines to implement new technology, trade and financial
arrangements using existing National and Global Governance structures.
Focus on food, energy and water security and regeneration natural capital will help
build a sustainable development agenda that addresses poverty eradication as its
primary concern.
New global urban demography with 70% of the population in developing countries
living in cities in not so distant future would impose severe strain on natural
resources, public utilities, infrastructure and healthy lifestyles. RIO must attempt to
look for innovative solutions and policy recommendations for such emerging
challenges.
The discourse in RIO should avoid the risk of focusing disproportionately on low
carbon growth; it ought to have a multi-pronged approach and dwell on the
challenges of energy access, unsustainable patterns of production and consumption,
affordability of renewable energy options, innovation and research, subsidy as a
policy option and impact of a green economy on global trade.
Green products and standards may distort free flow of global trade with new
barriers and conditionalities. It is likely that use of environmental standards,
subsidies, market incentives and other technical standards could also limit the
policy space that developing countries have to promote their own sustainable or
green economies. RIO would be expected to answer these concerns in a transparent
and holistic manner. Instead of stressing on instruments like bans and non-tariff
barriers, greening of trade can be attempted through existing trade regulators.
Mr. Chairman,
Making available effective means of implementation is the key to the success of a
renewed push to sustainable development paradigm that we envisage to give at RIO.
This, in fact, has been the biggest lacunae so far in the global sustainable
development paradigm. We expect RIO to come up with a strong response in this
regard.
The development challenges of our times are truly global in nature and, therefore,
associated technology response has to be global in nature as well, with specific
international institutions playing a fundamental role in making technology flow
around the world. This would necessarily require expanding the space for
technologies in the public domain and to stimulate the transfer to developing
countries of such technologies.
Similarly on the finance side, a global mechanism to monitor and implement
international financial obligation would have to be put in place to see that there are
adequate, new and additional and predictable financial flows to developing
countries.
Finally, Mr Chairman, RIO must not attempt to bring a target based approach on
growth and development. Adequate national policy space to carry out national
priorities is an essential pre-condition to strengthen the agenda of global
sustainability.
Thank You.
As a part of the G77+China, India sees the Rio+20 as a global opportunity to
reinforce the agenda of Sustainable Development, as enunciated in the Rio
Declaration, the Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Action.
In our understanding, the concept of Green Economy pathway, the new buzz word
for global development model, is an integral part of the Sustainable Development
strategy as defined by the RIO principles with equal focus on its three fundamental
pillars ? economic, social and environment.
Developing countries such as India would welcome Green Economy as it has the
potential to meet the primary development goal of poverty eradication. And for this
to happen, there must a strong and effective enabling mechanism consisting of
finance, technology and capacity building for developing countries to transition
from brown to green economy.
Further, sustainable development paradigm must continue to focus on the
principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective
capabilities. We would expect the Rio+20 outcome to bear a strong imprint of this
essential understanding.
Mr. Chairman,
We are well aware that a development paradigm based on green economy offers
challenges as well as opportunities for developing countries. Our suggestion for a
renewed sustainable development approach based on green economy at the RIO+20
would be stress on the following issues:
· Enhance food, energy and water security ;
· Promote regeneration of natural capital including land, forests, water
resources and fish stocks ;
· Develop solutions for population living in urban areas especially in
developing countries;
· Facilitate flow of technology to respond to the structural shift from
brown to green economy;
· Develop international financial mechanisms for aid and concessional
lending to attract public and private investment; and
· Establish guidelines to implement new technology, trade and financial
arrangements using existing National and Global Governance structures.
Focus on food, energy and water security and regeneration natural capital will help
build a sustainable development agenda that addresses poverty eradication as its
primary concern.
New global urban demography with 70% of the population in developing countries
living in cities in not so distant future would impose severe strain on natural
resources, public utilities, infrastructure and healthy lifestyles. RIO must attempt to
look for innovative solutions and policy recommendations for such emerging
challenges.
The discourse in RIO should avoid the risk of focusing disproportionately on low
carbon growth; it ought to have a multi-pronged approach and dwell on the
challenges of energy access, unsustainable patterns of production and consumption,
affordability of renewable energy options, innovation and research, subsidy as a
policy option and impact of a green economy on global trade.
Green products and standards may distort free flow of global trade with new
barriers and conditionalities. It is likely that use of environmental standards,
subsidies, market incentives and other technical standards could also limit the
policy space that developing countries have to promote their own sustainable or
green economies. RIO would be expected to answer these concerns in a transparent
and holistic manner. Instead of stressing on instruments like bans and non-tariff
barriers, greening of trade can be attempted through existing trade regulators.
Mr. Chairman,
Making available effective means of implementation is the key to the success of a
renewed push to sustainable development paradigm that we envisage to give at RIO.
This, in fact, has been the biggest lacunae so far in the global sustainable
development paradigm. We expect RIO to come up with a strong response in this
regard.
The development challenges of our times are truly global in nature and, therefore,
associated technology response has to be global in nature as well, with specific
international institutions playing a fundamental role in making technology flow
around the world. This would necessarily require expanding the space for
technologies in the public domain and to stimulate the transfer to developing
countries of such technologies.
Similarly on the finance side, a global mechanism to monitor and implement
international financial obligation would have to be put in place to see that there are
adequate, new and additional and predictable financial flows to developing
countries.
Finally, Mr Chairman, RIO must not attempt to bring a target based approach on
growth and development. Adequate national policy space to carry out national
priorities is an essential pre-condition to strengthen the agenda of global
sustainability.
Thank You.
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