Developing nations need adequate finances, technologies to combat climate change: Swaraj

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Press Trust of India Brussels
Last Updated : Jun 22 2018 | 5:10 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj warned today that all the effort put in by countries to tackle climate change would face a setback if developing nations did not get adequate finances and technologies to
"The scale of resources required for the ambitious and effective achievement of the Paris Agreement or the 2030 Agenda is enormous. The need for global partnerships, in this regard, is recognised in these processes and is at the core of all solutions offered therein."
Swaraj also recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks at Davos earlier this year in which he referred to terrorism, environmental degradation and climate change as 'issues which have the capacity not only to fracture but also to frustrate many good things which human race has achieved.'


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First Published: Jun 22 2018 | 5:10 PM IST

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