India will bring up the issue of Kyoto Protocol and the need for early ratification of the second commitment period during the ongoing UN climate change talks being held in Peru, Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment and Forests, said on Friday.

Calling, once again, on India’s “right to develop,” Javadekar said, “Developed countries must take up their responsibilities, which are due.”

“We are going to say that all parties, who were party to Kyoto, must ratify (the second commitment period) otherwise by 2020 the whole space of carbon will be full and we need to grow. So, our emissions will grow and where will they be parked?” he told mediapersons on Friday.

He added that US, Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others, who did not ratify Kyoto Protocol, must take their own voluntary actions and declare their contributions.

Showing no signs of any softening, Javadekar kept the focus on the responsibilities of the developed countries in dealing with climate change. The Minister is set to leave for the Peruvian capital, Lima, on Saturday to attend the high-level talks starting from December 8 at the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru.

In line with the negotiations in the past, Javadekar said principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must continue because they are “just”.

He further emphasised that developed countries have not delivered on the financial commitments of $100 billion a year to help developing countries deal with climate change. Of this, he said, only $9.3 billion has been collected in the fund and “nothing has been given.”

India will reveal its own emission cut targets by early next year, he said, adding, “These will be aggressive intended nationally determined contributions.”

He said India has already stepped off the business-as-usual path, which it could have continued on, with aggressive solar targets, which have been increased five folds from 20,000 MW to 1,00,000 MW. And this will result in saving 50 million tonnes of coal, he said.

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