Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Earth Day on Wednesday said that India can show the way to the world in mitigating climate change. He reiterated the demand that the developed world should pay for the green Fund first and India would stick to its avowed approach of "Common but Differentiated Responsibility".
Modi in his tweets to the nation said, "Caring for the environment is an integral part of our ethos. India can truly show the way to the world in mitigating climate change." Environment minister Prakash Javadekar, said India is ready to walk the talk for a fair and equitable agreement but would not join "bullying tactics and will not allow yet another Copenhagen in Paris. The days of bulldozing have gone and now we have to work like ants to build the Earth together," the minister warned the developed countries. The minister deplored the way developed world is trying to make business out of natural disaster called green house effect, for which he repeatedly blamed the developed world.