{"id":2466,"date":"2014-11-10T07:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T07:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:38:01","slug":"greenpeace-meets-prakash-javadekar-on-indias-position-on-climate-negotiations-and-blockage-of-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/press\/2466\/greenpeace-meets-prakash-javadekar-on-indias-position-on-climate-negotiations-and-blockage-of-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace meets Prakash Javadekar on India\u2019s position on Climate Negotiations and Blockage of Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Delhi |10 <\/strong>November, 2014| Greenpeace International\u2019s Executive director, Kumi Naidoo and his Indian counterpart, Samit Aich met with Minister of Environment, Forests & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar today to discuss the role civil society will play in the climate negotiations in Lima and Paris. This is the first interaction between Greenpeace and the government after its foreign funds were blocked following the leak of two Intelligence Bureau (IB) reports in June is this year.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“I had come to India hoping for a constructive conversation with the government about what Greenpeace stands for, how it works, the beneficial impact it has had on India and the need for a healthy and vibrant civil society in any democracy. Greenpeace\u2019s work to protect the environment that millions of Indians depend on will continue, and we hope that the government stops considering this \u2018against national interest\u2019,\u201d said Kumi Naidoo.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Home Affairs has filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court, justifying blocking Greenpeace India\u2019s access to foreign funds on the dubious pretext that the NGO is involved in activities \u201cadversely impacting national interests.\u201d\u00a0Naidoo and Aich have also written to Home Minister, Rajnath Singh seeking an appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stressed upon the need to include civil society in informing India\u2019s position on key climate issues. Mr Javadekar acknowledged our role and proposed to invite us for upcoming civil society consultations that the minister plans to conduct before climate talks at Lima in Peru,\u201d said Samit Aich, Executive Director of Greenpeace India.<\/p>\n

Naidoo is in India for a UN conference. His visit has also given him the opportunity to understand the clampdown on the civil society by the government. While addressing a press conference with other members of civil society\u00a0on Friday, Naidoo and Aich had made a public appeal to the Indian Government including Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for a meeting to clarify Greenpeace India\u2019s campaigns and share their concerns about the curbs that the environmental watch dog is facing in the country.<\/p>\n

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