New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The world must respect that India has a right to grow and no one wants it to cut emissions but it must not carry on as usual, said European Union (EU) climate action commissioner Connei Hedegaard Friday.
“No one in EU argues against that India — with a 1.2 billion population with 400 million still without power — has a right to grow and emissions will continue to grow in India. We don’t want real, substantial cuts but deviation from business as usual,” she told reporters here.
Clarifying on single legally binding regime demanded by the EU, Hedegaard said that all the countries should be equally bound to whatever they commit.
