Greenpeace confers 'Climate COP' award to state agency
Environmental NGO Greenpeace today presented a 'Climate Cop' award to Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) for starting a scheme to phase out energy inefficient incandescent light bulbs.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: Environmental NGO Greenpeace today presented a 'Climate Cop' award to Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) for starting a scheme to phase out energy inefficient incandescent light bulbs.
Karnataka has launched the clean development mechanism (CDM) scheme, which will reduce the price of energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLS) to Rs 15.
This scheme makes it possible to replace 50 million incandescent bulbs with CFLS, a key demand of the Greenpeace 'Ban the Bulb' campaign to combat climate change.
"Market mechanism such as these make the right choice more accessible for consumers. While this is a welcome step, we hope the Karnataka government will continue to lead the fight against climate change and completely phase out incandescent bulbs," Greenpeace India Climate and Energy Campaigner Brikesh Singh said.
"The CDM scheme launched by Karnataka will cut-down at least 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. If every state government, or the Central Government itself, takes similar action we could certainly reduce 5 per cent of the country's total carbon emissions," Greenpeace India Executive Director G Ananthapadmanabhan said.
As part of its campaign to combat climate change and choose positive energy, Greenpeace will monitor market mechanisms to ensure carbon-dioxide reduction targets are met.
Greenpeace is also calling on the Central Government to implement the 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' with immediate effect and take concrete steps towards eradicating the incandescent light bulb by 2012.
Karnataka has launched the clean development mechanism (CDM) scheme, which will reduce the price of energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLS) to Rs 15.
This scheme makes it possible to replace 50 million incandescent bulbs with CFLS, a key demand of the Greenpeace 'Ban the Bulb' campaign to combat climate change.
"Market mechanism such as these make the right choice more accessible for consumers. While this is a welcome step, we hope the Karnataka government will continue to lead the fight against climate change and completely phase out incandescent bulbs," Greenpeace India Climate and Energy Campaigner Brikesh Singh said.
"The CDM scheme launched by Karnataka will cut-down at least 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. If every state government, or the Central Government itself, takes similar action we could certainly reduce 5 per cent of the country's total carbon emissions," Greenpeace India Executive Director G Ananthapadmanabhan said.
As part of its campaign to combat climate change and choose positive energy, Greenpeace will monitor market mechanisms to ensure carbon-dioxide reduction targets are met.
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Greenpeace is also calling on the Central Government to implement the 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' with immediate effect and take concrete steps towards eradicating the incandescent light bulb by 2012.
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