India has been repeatedly raising the issue of pre-2020 actions that the developed countries are obliged to take under the Kyoto Protocol but have been avoiding.
Speaking at the high-level segment at the Marrakesh conference, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave also stressed on the importance of pre-2020 climate actions by developed countries.
“I am of the view that it is absolutely critical and necessary that equal focus is given to pre-2020 actions by developed countries under Kyoto Protocol and that they provide effective finance, technology transfer and capacity building support to developing countries,” Dave said.
He said access to “adequate and predictable climate finance” continued to remain the “overriding concern” for developing countries.
Making the same point at an earlier meeting, Prasad said estimates of climate finance raised by developed nations, as reported in a recent analysis commissioned by the United Kingdom and Australia, were highly exaggerated. “Our estimates are that funding till now is only to the tune of US$ 20-25 billion. This needs to be scaled up quickly,” he said.
