The climate
change summit is happening around and during this India has denied
western media's criticism that India is spoiling the climate with coal
consumption. But India has dismissed reports based on the coal
consumption to meet energy needs.
Regarding
this, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, "Certain criticism
without attributing any motive to them, I take it as compliment. It does
not deter me from my positions."
India
already made promise that it will reduce the coal consumption if
developed countries provide the needed finance and technology to switch
to clean energy sources. India is planning to make 40% of electricity
from renewable by 2030. The minister said that if we increase our
renewable by seven fold we can decrease the coal consumption.
We
have asked USA and other countries. Minister also said that If India is
the third largest emitter, we are the third in sequence but the
smallest. India is just burning 1/7th of coal that the first two
(emitters) are doing. A solution is expected regarding this at the
earliest.