India on Monday made it clear to the developed nations that reduction of coal consumption is not a one-day process and the Government has a long-term plan to gradually replace coal with renewable energy.
Developed countries have been blaming the developing countries like India that tackling climate change is impossible without reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, especially coal.
“Reduction of coal is not a one-day process. We have a plan in place. A long-term plan where we will replace coal with renewable energy slowly to achieve the goal announced by the prime minister to reach 450 gigawatt,” said Union Environment Secretary C K Mishra while addressing the first day of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) here.
