Ratification a great push for tackling climate change: Anil Madhav Dave

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India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin handed over the Instrument of Ratification signed by President Pranab Mukherjee, to Santiago Villalpando, the Head of the Treaties Division at the UN, at a special ceremony here attended by top UN officials and senior diplomats to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.

Dave had yesterday said the decision to ratify the Paris climate change agreement was taken after a lot of deliberation and with a view to give the world a message that India is fast becoming a superpower.

“Call it international pressure or a sort of competition, this morning European Union has also decided to ratify it, which is a good thing,” Dave had said.

The Union Cabinet had given its nod to ratifying the Paris climate deal on September 28, days after Prime Minister Modi made an announcement in this regard at BJP’s National Council meet in Kozhikode.

The move is expected to give momentum to the implementation of measures at the international level to control global warming.

So far, 61 countries had submitted their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval accounting in total for 47.79 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions.

With India, which accounts for 4.1 per cent of the emissions, ratifying the agreement, the countries who have thus far approved the accord share 51.89 per cent of total global emissions among them.

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