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| 29th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change to be held in Beijing, China |
29th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change to be held in Beijing, China
The 29th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in Beijing, China, on 25th-26th October 2019. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. LI Ganjie, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China.
The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Prakash Javadekar participated in the 29th ministerial meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) countries on Climate Change at Beijing, China on 25th-26th October 2019.
BASIC Ministers emphasized the faithful and comprehensive implementation of the Paris Agreement, in particular of its goals and principles, and underlined the importance of a full, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), its Kyoto Protocol and its Paris Agreement, in accordance with the principles of equity, common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC), in the light of different national circumstances, as well as the nationally determined nature of the Paris Agreement.
The BASIC Ministers reaffirmed and emphasized the need for people’s participation and climate friendly lifestyles for addressing the challenge of climate change acknowledging that Paris Agreement embodies and calls for sustainable lifestyles and consumption patterns.
Ministers highlighted that developing countries, including BASIC countries, notwithstanding the multiple challenges including food security, poverty eradication, and insufficient and uneven progress of domestic development, have been implementing ambitious climate action based on their national circumstances in the context of sustainable development, and have achieved great progress with significant contribution to global efforts in combating climate change.
In 2018, China has reduced carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 45.8% from the 2005 level, increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to 14.3%.
South Africa has recently implemented carbon tax, and announced massive renewable energy program in its latest electricity plan.
India has already achieved a 21% reduction in emissions intensity of GDP in 2014 compared to 2005 levels, thereby achieving its pre-2020 voluntary target.
In 2015, Brazil had already achieved a 58% emission reduction in the business as usual scenario set for its NAMAs, thereby overachieving its target of 36%- 39% reductions set for 2020.
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