India along with three other nations on Wednesday said the UN scientific report — blocked by several countries, including the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait in the ongoing climate conference here — should be taken into account in the climate negotiations.
The BASIC group of nations comprising Brazil, South Africa, India and China made their stand clear on the UN report on limiting global warming to 1.5 deg C (2.7 deg F) above pre-industrial levels at a joint-press conference held on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report recommended “unprecedented” action to keep global warming to 1.5 deg C but the four fossil fuel producing countries led by the US refused to embrace the study, hindering negotiations at the conference.
“The (BASIC) group believes that the report is very important. It needs to be taken into account and we need to move forward on that,” said AK Mehta, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, who is leading the Indian delegation at the UN climate conference.
PTI
