: India says it did not introduce ‘phase down’ of coal use phrase in Glasgow climate pact: Reports #IndiaNEWS India is being blamed unfairly for watering down the text of the Glasgow climate pact

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India says it did not introduce ‘phase down’ of coal use phrase in Glasgow climate pact: Reports #IndiaNEWS
India is being blamed unfairly for watering down the text of the Glasgow climate pact on coal, an unidentified official from the foreign ministry told The Indian Express on Wednesday. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, which concluded last week, had decided to phase out the use of coal as a fuel. However, India and China reportedly proposed to change the text of the pact from “phase out� use of coal to “phase down�. Alok Sharma, the president of the climate conference, had said that India and China will have to explain their decision to climate-vulnerable countries. Environment minister Bhupender Yadav, who represented India in Glasgow, said in a blog that the use of fossil fuels had helped countries achieve high levels of growth. “Developing countries have a right to their fair share of the global carbon budget and are entitled to the responsible use of fossil fuels within this scope,� he wrote on November 14.Amid the debate, an official from the foreign ministry claimed that India did not propose or table the phrase “phase down�, The Indian Express reported. “It [term] was already there [in circulation], we simply accepted it,� the official said. Two other unidentified senior officials, aware of the climate talks, told the Hindustan Times that the phrase “phase out� had been suggested by small...Read more

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