India has got support of three other powerful nations - Brazil, South Africa and China - in getting its position endorsed that the country will not phase out HFC unless there is availability of safe and economically viable alternatives.
The BASIC group of nations - comprising Brazil, South Africa, India and China - had on Monday signed a joint statement declaring that these countries will not phase out HFC unless they are made available with safe and economically viable alternatives. These countries also sought adequate financial support from developed countries for directly switching over to properly tested environment friendly technology.
The statement was signed by representatives of all these four countries following a meeting over the issue at a Brazilian city of Foz de Iguacu. The Indian side was represented by the Union environment secretary V Rajagopalan.
It was also stated in the joint statement that the issue of the HFC should be dealt with at multilateral forum, based on the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto protocol.
Officials here explained that the BASIC's decision won't contradict what was decided in the recent G20 summit. They said the G20 took a balanced approach by incorporating concerns of both the developed and developing countries. It recognized the need of making "economically viable and technically feasible alternatives" available to the developing countries while keeping HFC within the scope of UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol for accounting and reporting emissions.
India and other developing countries have started switching to HFC from the ozone-depleting hydrocholorofluorocarbond (HCFC) under provisions of the multilateral Montreal Protocol which is meant for complete phase-out of production and consumption of several ozone depleting substances. Though HFC is not considered a ozone depleting gas, it contributes to global warming.
The US and other industrialized countries, therefore, want India to move directly from HCFC to the new technology which may not contribute to global warming. They also want the HFC should be brought under the purview of the Montreal Protocol.
HFC is, however, listed as one of the greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol which is only binding on the industrialized countries. The Montreal Protocol, on the other hand, is applied for all countries including India which signed it in June, 1992. The move of the BASIC nations assumes significance at the time when countries are gearing up to continue negotiations on global emissions reduction in Warsaw in November. Representatives of all the countries will gather in the Polish capital to discuss the deal which will finally be signed in 2015 and rolled out in 2020.
Noting that the HFC issue will be taken up at the Warsaw summit in a big way by developed countries, the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE), on Wednesday, called for South Asian unity on the matter of climate change.
Briefing mediapersons, coming from all South Asian countries, leading environmentalist and director of the CSE Sunita Narain said, "South Asia is extremely vulnerable. It needs to act urgently to negotiate a climate deal (in favour of the region)".
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