Modi’s book gets rave reviews from K0alam,Pachauri

Kalam said that after reading the book,he believed a carbon-neutral state was possible to achieve. The former president was also all praise for the Sabarmati Riverfront Project which he held as an inspiration for the nation in desilting.

As the guest of honour,The Energy Research Institute (TERI) director Dr Pachauri said Modi’s book went beyond describing the problem of climate change and suggested actions to be taken in a well-documented form. Pachauri said Modi had attended a training programme at TERI to study climate change issues like a student earlier.

Speaking on the occasion,Modi said the ecological debt should not be passed on to future generations. He said environmental concerns were not a new thing and that his book would throw light on tackling them.

The chief minister said the approach to the problem would turn the tables just like the World Bank was forced to change its position in the case of Gujarat wherein it first refused help on Narmada project funding and then did an aboutturn to confer green award to the state.

Modi said while tackling the challenge of climate change,the focus should be on climate justice. He said that in his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,he had suggested that other states be told to emulate the pioneering action taken by Gujarat in handling the crisis as the result of climate change.

He said the humankind had a right only to milk natural resources and not to exploit them.