PM committee's report on climate change by June
The much-awaited report on climate change by the council appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to be announced in June.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited report on climate change by the council appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to be announced in June, which will pave the way for a National Policy on Climate Change.
"Work is in progress and there is no reason why it should be delayed beyond June," Chairman of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Nobel laureate R K Pachauri told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of 'The Climate Project' in India.
Pachauri said the Prime Minister is likely to announce the report at the Sustainable Development Summit to be held in the capital in June.
"It is difficult to say how it is going to come out. I imagine it would be a forward looking and comprehensive policy covering every sector," he said.
Singh had set up a high-level group comprising senior ministers and non-governmental experts for framing a domestic strategy to deal with climate change. The national report on climate change is expected to be ready by June.
Pachauri said an institutionalised arrangement on climate change, as mentioned in Budget 2008-09, should have the involvement of all ministries.
"It has to involve everybody else. Therefore, you need an institutionalised structure whereby you carry everyone with you," he said.
The Council includes External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, The Energy Research Institute Chairman R K Pachauri, Former Environment Secretary Prodipto Ghosh, Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment and Ratan Tata, chairman Investment Commission.
"Work is in progress and there is no reason why it should be delayed beyond June," Chairman of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Nobel laureate R K Pachauri told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of 'The Climate Project' in India.
Pachauri said the Prime Minister is likely to announce the report at the Sustainable Development Summit to be held in the capital in June.
"It is difficult to say how it is going to come out. I imagine it would be a forward looking and comprehensive policy covering every sector," he said.
Singh had set up a high-level group comprising senior ministers and non-governmental experts for framing a domestic strategy to deal with climate change. The national report on climate change is expected to be ready by June.
Pachauri said an institutionalised arrangement on climate change, as mentioned in Budget 2008-09, should have the involvement of all ministries.
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"It has to involve everybody else. Therefore, you need an institutionalised structure whereby you carry everyone with you," he said.
The Council includes External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, The Energy Research Institute Chairman R K Pachauri, Former Environment Secretary Prodipto Ghosh, Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment and Ratan Tata, chairman Investment Commission.
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