'UN climate summit should concentrate more on action on Paris deal': Javadekar

India said on Monday that UN climate conference underway in Spanish capital should concentrate more on action on Paris climate agreement and t bring up new issues as it will be "futile" to talk of new targets and ambitions unless 2015 deal is implemented.

"India's expectation from COP 25 is that we should concentrate more on action on Paris agreement, and t broach up new issues and new subjects," Environment Minister Prakash Javekar, who is here to attend climate summit, told reporters.

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Paris accord was opted by 195 parties at UN climate conference "COP 21" held in French capital in 2015 with an aim to reduce hazardous greenhouse gas emissions. Nineteen members of G20, except US, have voiced ir commitment to full implementation of deal.

objective of Paris Agreement is to prevent an increase in global aver temperature and keep it well below 2 degree Celsius.

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Briefing media at India Pavillion set up at 25th session of Conference of Parties under UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC COP25), which started on December 2, Javekar said that reports by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and ors have found that India is among top five in performing according to Paris Agreement.

"We are walking talk, we have reduced our energy intensity by 25 per cent, and we are very sure that we will outdo our promise of 35 per cent even by 2030," Javekar said.

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minister ted that India is "probably" one of few countries where green cover is increasing.

"My latest figure is we have increased forest, and tree cover outside forests at 13,000 square kilometers. It is huge compared to any country in world, and refore India wants all countries to first follow Paris (agreement). It will be futile to talk of new targets, ambitions, and programs unless we carry out our implementation of Paris (deal)," he said.

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He said India will t forget Paris agreement as it was a "historical promise" and Kyoto Protocol parties must take responsibility.

"That is our position and if y want that y will declare ir targets from pre-2020 actions in this COP and that y will require two or three years to implement it.

"That can be justed, but pre-2020 cant be sidelined or cant be used back, and new mes are introduced every time. So India is very firm on acting on Paris agreement," he said. 

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