India opposes Pakistan's project in Gilgit-Baltistan

India on October 13, 2016, at the meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in South Korea, opposed one of Pakistan's climate projects in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of that country. The project is meant to reduce the risk of floods caused by bursting glacial lakes. India, however, is not opposed to Pakistan's other climate projects and argued that its opposition to the particular project was because it was "flawed" and may lead to disastrous consequences in the region.


Though the project got a "conditional" nod on October 14 after participants acknowledged the concerns flagged by New Delhi. It will be funded by the GCF, a multilateral fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

0 India wins case filed by Marshall Islands in ICJ

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on October 5, 2016 rejected a suit filed by the tiny Marshall Islands against the worlds nuclear powers, including India, that sought to force them to do more to disarm.

In its ruling in the country's case against/India, the first to be decided, the court said it had accepted Indian arguments that the ICJ, also known as the World Court, should not have jurisdiction in the case.

India ratifies Paris climate deal

India formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change by submitting its instrument of ratification to the United Nations in New York on October 2, 2016, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and also the International Day of Non-Violence. The Government had given its approval to ratify the agreement and to submit its instrument of ratification to the UN on September 28.

The country, however, ratified the deal with certain conditions keeping its development agenda in mind. Though the country has not used the word "condition", it made amply clear in its "declaration" that India would be able to take climate actions provided it got financial and technological support to move towards a low carbon growth path.

White India's declaration opens a window for the country to review its promises if other countries do not adhere to their pledges on finance and technology transfer, China's points mainly deal with territorial implications in the case of Hong Kong and some other areas.

India, accounting for 4.1% of total global emissions, became the 62nd co untry to ratify the Paris Agreement. India's move will bring the global deal into force in early November. But it toughened its stand on negotiations to discuss capping emissions in the aviation sector, making it clear that India would not commit to reducing emissions in the sector by 2020 as it would be an "injustice" to the country's growing economy.

Though an emission cap in the civil aviation sector is not covered under the Paris Agreement, a proposal was discussed in recently held assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal to cut the carbon footprint of airlines across the globe.

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