印度環境部長上周四(3日)向國會表示，印度絕不會在哥本哈根氣候會議接受法律強制溫室氣體減量。但他提到，印度預計將降低排放強度，較2005年減少20-25%。
排放強度是溫室氣體排放量與GDP的比例，意即每單位GDP值排放多少的二氧化碳當量。這項聲明是印度在氣候議題上，首次提出的實質目標。
該國環境部長表示，基於歷史經驗，規劃委員得出的結論是，2005年至2020年間，降低20%-25%的排放強度是可能的。
他並表示，降低排放強度的這個決定，對印度成為全球氣候變遷的主導國，並採取高道德標準，是十分重要的。
環境部長表示，印度將繼續堅持兩個不容妥協的立場。他提到，「印度除了不會接受具法律約束力的減排協議，另一項絕不接受的協議是訂立「排放高峰年份」，也就是在該年度，開發中國家的排放量必須達到最大值並開始減量。」
他提到，印度不會使沒有外資投入開發的本國技術，受限於任何國際排放規範。但他補充說，政府對此會保持彈性；對於受到國外資金和技術支持的企業，願意接受碳排放審查。
環境部長表示，對易受海平面上升與強烈颶風的低窪地區居民、和那些正在融化的冰川當中的居民來說，讓他們看見政府採取行動以保護他們免受氣候變遷衝擊是很重要的。
為了實現其減量目標，部長表示，政府將要求國會通過一條法規，即2010年12月前對所有車輛強制規範燃油效率。
他也將對年度評估提出其他法規的提案，包括增加森林植被面積、節約能源、環保建築守則、淨煤技術。
世界自然基金會(WWF) 印度分會3日表示，在披露其碳排放量和制定減量績效目標方面，印度的企業在該區域已有進展。
印度工商業約150名高級主管共同發表了「2009印度200大企業之碳揭露報告」 (Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009 India 200)。報告中記錄印度資本額排名前200家公司的二氧化碳排放量。
India will never accept legally binding emission cuts at Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told Parliament Thursday, but he did say the government plans to reduce India's level of "emission intensity" by 20 to 25 percent compared with 2005 levels.
Emission intensity is the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions to Gross Domestic Product. This statement marks the first time that India has offered to meet any type of numeric goal in the fight against global warming.
The Planning Commission, has on the basis of historical experience, concluded that a 20-25 percent reduction in emission intensity between 2005 and 2020 is possible, said the minister.
Ramesh said the decision to reduce carbon intensity is essential for India to stake a claim to global leadership on climate change and take the moral high ground.
Ramesh said that India will stick to two non-negotiables. "Besides no legally binding emission cut, the other non-negotiable is not to accept an agreement specifying a peak year - the year after which developing countries' emissions levels must peak and begin to decline.
He said India will not subject its indigenous technology, developed without foreign financial support, to any international emissions scrutiny, but added that the government will be flexible and willing to accept scrutiny of ventures developed with outside financial and technological support.
Ramesh said it is important to show those Indian people residing in low-lying areas vulnerable to rising sea levels and severe storms and those living in the midst of melting glaciers that the government is taking action to protect them from climate change.
To accomplish its emissions reduction goals, Ramesh said the government would ask Parliament for a law that mandates fuel efficiency for all vehicles by December 2010.
He will propose other laws for an annual assessment of the increase in forest cover, an energy conserving Green Building Code and clean coal technology for India's coal-fired power plants.
Indian companies are way ahead in the region in disclosing their carbon emissions and setting performance targets for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, WWF India said Thursday.
Some 150 senior leaders from Indian business and industry came together to release the Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009 ?India 200. It documents the carbon dioxide emissions of the top 200 companies in India based on market capitalization.
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