21 October 2011 | Linton Nightingale
Climate Change, Energy, Asia

 

The Indian central government has been urged by the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) to grant subsidies to solar and clean energy.

“Based on the discussions and outcome of the three-day International Conclave and Exhibition on Climate Change (ICCC), we have come up with various recommendations,” said the head of ESCI’s Centre for Climate Change, Shalini Sharma. “One of them is to ask the government to provide subsidy on solar energy and clean energy,” she added in her closing speech on the final day of the ICCC last week.

The theme of ICCC-2011, held in Hyderabad from October 12th, was ‘Clean energy and energy security’, with members of no fewer than five UN organizations participating in the ESCI organised event, including the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), and Unesco.

“ESCI has formulated some recommendations and we will submit them to the central government, which in turn will put forth the submissions at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, scheduled to be held in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011,” added Sharma.

A further proposal underlined by the ESCI is to generate power from sewerage, with corporate houses being encouraged by the engineers to help protect the ecosystem and vulnerable villages from degradation. However, Sharma also reminded delegates at the conference that the role of the individual is just as important as corporate responsibility in providing a more sustainable future.

The findings will be analysed by the ESCI and the Centre for Climate Change, who will in turn formulate the necessary steps and respective outcomes as a part of the ‘Hyderabad Declaration 2011’. The declaration will be submitted to the Indian state and Central Ministry of Environment and Forest.
 

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