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‘India should adopt sustainable ways of farming’ |
New Delhi: A top climate scientist today asked India to
adopt sustainable ways of farming which is under pressure
due to water crisis caused by global warming.
UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor Jeffrey D Sach also
underlined the need for adopting green technology to deal
with the issue of climate change in various sectors
including agriculture.
“Indian agriculture specially under pressure of climate
change is not sustainable in its current orientation. In
vast part of India, the water table is dropping,” Sach, who
is also director of The Earth Institute at Columbia
University whereeconomists and scientists work together on
environment and social issues, said.
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the 12th Delhi
Sustainable Development Summit along with TERI Director
General R K Pachauri, Sach blamed regulation and lack of
knowledge for non-adoption of green technology that is
cheaper than the current technology.
He said Green technology may be found “more expensive in
terms of market price but is less expensive in terms of
social cost.”
Sach said developing nations like India and China will be at
the centre of challenge and action on sustainable
development which should be given paramount importance given
the current global environmental conditions.
“I don’t think the agenda on development should be pushed
any more to the side. Asia, meaning India and China, will be
at the centre of this drama given the rapid growth in the
economy, the central role that India and China play in
technological growth and the sheer size of the population
meaning almost 40 per cent of the world’s population,” he
said.
The three-day summit which concluded here today had
representatives including global leaders and policy makers
from across 29 countries who pledged to protect the global
commons and adopt sustainable methods.
(Media Watch) |
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