Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (September 19, 2026) said developing countries are often unfairly blamed for carbon emissions while the fact is that developed nations have six times more per capita carbon emissions compared to India.
Inaugurating an international conference on the environment and climate in New Delhi, the Prime Minister also said that whenever he takes forward work on nuclear energy generation, people who always talk about the environment will move court to stop it.
“We all know that the responsibility for carbon emissions has often been wrongly placed on developing countries. Environmental experts, Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, District Court judges, Secretaries of various Ministries, senior government officials, and representatives of State judicial academies, State Legal Services Authorities, State Expert Appraisal Committees, State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities, State Wetland Authorities and other stakeholders are taking part. Mr. It will focus on identifying gaps in policy-making and implementation, sharing successful practices and strengthening cooperation among institutions and stakeholders.
Judges and judicial representatives from 17 countries are also participating President Droupadi Murmu, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and Power Manohar Lal, Justice P.S. Narasimha of the Supreme Court, Justice Shrivastava and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will attend the valedictory session on Sunday (September 20, 2026).
Modi said developed nations have six times more per capita carbon emissions compared to India and New Delhi strongly presents this fact on global platforms. The Prime Minister said India is working with the rest of the world and is setting new standards for environmental protection. NGT said the conference would provide a platform to discuss major environmental and climate challenges facing the world. Earlier reporting noted: ‘Carbon emission blame wrongly placed’: PM Modi defends India, other developing nations Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the responsibility for carbon emissions is often “wrongly placed” on developing countries. Earlier reporting noted: Speaking at an environment conference in New Delhi, PM Modi said that India’s per capita carbon emissions stood at “less than half of the global average”.
Earlier reporting noted: The inaugural session was also attended by Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav, Attorney General R Venkataramani and NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava. India’s contribution to per capita carbon emissions is less than half of the global average,” he said at the two-day event being attended by environmental experts, Supreme Court judges, legal experts and senior government officials While the historical truth is that even today.
