India on Monday sought a joint research initiative by developing and developed nations to tackle climate change goals as it felt that there was lack of technology to tackle it.
NEW DELHI: India on Monday sought a joint research initiative by developing and developed nations to tackle climate change goals as it felt that there was lack of technology suited to the requirements of progressing nations.
New Delhi's suggestion came at the second ministerial meeting of the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate, a voluntary grouping of the US, Australia, South Korea, China, Japan and India.
While creating collaborative research and development, a 'fairer balance' between rewards for the innovators and the need to ensure the common good of humankind should also be kept in mind, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
"We have observed that there is very little R&D effort on technologies that respond to the requirements and resource endowments of developing countries. This should be remedied," he said inaugurating the ministerial meeting.
Noting that technology is recognised as a fundamental transformation agent for ensuring clean development and addressing climate change, Mukherjee said "our suggestion is for "collaborative R&D between developing and developed country R&D institutions."
In this context, he said "we also need to be mindful of creating a fairer balance between rewards for the innovators and the need to ensure the common good of humankind as far as the IPA regime is concerned."
"Standards and priorities should reflect the developmental context to which they apply," he added.
On efforts to tackle climate change, he said while there are many initiatives to address the challenge "there is near unanimity that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the only framework for negotiations."
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