World not doing enough on climate change, warns Modi


New York, Sep 24 (IANS): Warning that world is not doing to fight climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday an ambitious multi-pronged plan against global warming.

"What we need is a global people's movement to bring about behavioural change," Modi said at the Climate Action Summit convened by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

"Not enough is being done to combat climate change. We need a comprehensive approach through education, values, lifestyle approach and behavioural change, which should be turned into a mass movement," he said.

Guterres, who said that "around the world, nature is striking back with fury", said that "the ticket to entry" at the summit "is not a beautiful speech, but concrete action".

He said: "And you are here with commitments. Governments are here to show you are serious about enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement."

Modi was third speaker among the first batch of four.

President Donald Trump, who was boycotting the Climate Action Summit and holding a parallel meeting on religious freedom, unexpectedly dropped in while Modi was speaking.

Taking up Guterres's challenge Modi said: "Need not greed has been our guiding principle and therefore India is here today not just to talk about the seriousness of this issue, but to present a practical approach and a roadmap."

Modi said: "We believe that an ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching."

Outlining India's commitments, he said that India will increase its share of non-fossil fuel in its fuel mix and "increase by 2022 our renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatts, and we are committed to further increasing this to 450 gigawatts".

"We are encouraging e-mobility in our transport sector. India is also looking to considerably increase the percentage of the biofuel blended in petrol and diesel."

India is also leading action at the international level against climate change, he said.

"About 80 countries have joined our International Solar Alliance initiative and very pleased that India and Sweden together with other partners are launching the leadership group within the industry transition track by bringing the governments and the private sector together this initiative will play an important role in developing low carbon pathways for industry," he said.

Before Modi and the other world leaders took the stage, Indian innovator, Anurag Saha Roy spoke on behalf youth about the need the importance of involving the private sector in the fight against climate change and encouraging innovation.

He had won the youth pitch initiative aimed at industry leaders with his proposal for system of crowdsourcing weather agriculture data for farmers.

Modi said that he hoped that the call he made in Independence Day for a people's movement against use of single-use plastic "will create an awareness at a global against single-use plastic."

He also said that water conservation and rainwater harvesting have begun in India under the Mission Jal Jeevan. "We are going to spend $50 billion on this in the next few years," he said.

Stating that a Coalition for Disaster Resistant Infrastructure is being initiated, Modi said: "I urge all the countries to join in."

He also said that India will inaugurate solar panels in the UN General Assembly."The time for talking is over, the world needs to act now," he said.

  

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  • AM, Mangalore

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    Once Modi Lectured to some students, "CLIMATE HAS NOT CHANGED, WE ARE CHANGED, OUR HABITS ARE CHANGED". Now he is telling World is not doing enough, what you want them to do? change themselves according to climate?

    Height of stupidity and embarrassing Indian Citizens world wide. Please behave with dignity

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  • ca girishk, m'lore/dxb

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    Pehle .... Ganga matha ko clean karlo bhai....!!!!!

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  • PenMightierThanTheSword!, Mangalore

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    What a cartoon character this fakendra rowdy modi is who knows sh it about climate change!
    "Climate has not changed. We have changed. Our habits have changed. Our habits have got spoiled. Due to that, we have destroyed our entire environment," he said while addressing students and replying to their questions through video conferencing in the first-ever initiative.
    To buttress his argument, Modi said each year, elders complain in winter that the chill is more than the previous year. "Actually the chill is not more. Due to their age, their tolerence has become less. That is why they feel more cold," he said.
    Contending that nature has the special feature of restoring the balance, he said, "If we change, it (nature) is already ready to change. Humans should not struggle with environment. Humans should love environment. Be it water, air, plants."
    Noting that the entire world is facing energy crisis, Modi said one has to move towards saving power.
    "The entire world is facing energy crisis. Coal, gas and petroleum have their limits. So where will one produce electricity from? Sometime or the other, we have to move towards the direction of saving electricity.
    "Saving electricity is the best way of providing it to those to whom it has not reached and that too with minimal cost. Power production cost is very high. But saving electricity is very cheap," he said.

    WHAT AN IDIOT!!!

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  • LSM, Mumbai

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    Mr. Modi then why is your BJP government cutting down thousands of trees in Aarey forest land in Goregaon, Mumbai for making metro shed inspite of continuous appeal and protest from citizens. Do your homework first and then preach to the world.

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  • Mangalurian, Mangaluru

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    Giving talk is easy. Our Gujju-bhai excels in it.

    But action is something else.

    A simple action might be: to cut down the import of plastic pellets (used in making plastic products) by 90%. The Government led by the Gujju-bhai can do it and save India from the scourge of plastic.

    But will the Gujju-bhai do it?

    No, he won't. If he did, many Gujju businessmen will go bankrupt.

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  • Af,,, MANGALORE

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    As per blind bakths what a speech by Modi, if he talks in hindi also they say he talks in English ,

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  • Deshbhakht, Mangalore

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    The Indian PM must get his next speech re-worded after Trumop's tricky comment about you being aggressive. Aggression works in India, where both the houses are BJP majority.

    Stop thinking like you being US's Son-in-Law, the President is only aimed at selling arms, he will be more than glad to do business than bringing peace. A clashing Ind/Pak are good news to him, arbitration is just a pretence.

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  • Hussain, AbuDhabi

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    'Climate has not changed. We have changed. Our habits have changed,'- Narendra Modi On September 5, 2014

    Now what made the PM to believe Climate has indeed changed?

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  • Anonymous, Muscat

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    YOU ARE ALSO NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR ECONOMY..


    "ENOUGH" WORD MAY BE WRONG..."NOTING" MAY BE THE RIGHT WORD

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  • YOGI THUNTA, MANGALURU - NEAR PUMPWELL CIRCLE

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    Wah Modi ! What you know about CLIMATE CHANGE ! those written the speech kudos for them ! First you should correct ROAD system in India before establishing the Heavy Fines ! dont go for that heights you should concentrate in house problems first ! How about lynching for eating the beef and at the same time exporting the beef >>>?? why this kind of hypocrite ?

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  • ad, mangaluru

    Tue, Sep 24 2019

    India, china and usa are the largest polluters in the world. What has India done to combat climate change. tokenisms.Even now India signing deals with Russia and America for fossil fuels and saying world in not doing enough on climate change.
    hypocrisy to its best.

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