new delhi the planning commissions attempt to rewrite the international and domestic obligations of the government on climate change in the 12th fiveyear plan with a push for greater commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has miffed the environment ministry the draft of the chapter on climate change finalized by the plan panel accessed by toi also dilutes indias longstanding position that a bulk of funds for adaptation as well as emission reduction measures should come from developed countries the planning commission has made a strong push for the government to generate the funds domestically and through the private financing route it has made a pitch for opening the country to a capandtrade business in emissions something that has been strictly off the charts for the country in its international stance sources told toi that the environment ministry has sent a letter to the planning commission asking it to bring the chapter in line with the existing government policy on climate change the plan panels chapter also lends india to accepting a global peaking level of emissions something the government has strongly opposed through the last two decades warning that it would not accept a global cap until the burdensharing formula between the countries to reduce emissions was decided on the basis of equity and historical burden the plan panels chapter ignores this policy red line the pms council on climate change is the apex body which decides on the domestic climate change policy while the environment ministry along with the ministry for external affairs draws up the international policy on climate change any changes in the climate change policy require the approval of the union cabinet the plan panels climate change chapter has also reorganized and restructured the eight national missions which were cleared by the pms council on climate change without any prior approval even though the missions are now in the middle of implementation we need to shorten the list of missions and separate out three policy thrust areas from the existing missions that need to be monitored on a standalone basis the chapter says india has consistently stated in the climate change negotiations that any steps beyond its voluntary measures to reduce emissions would have to be financially provided for by the developed countries but the planning commission has advocated several enhanced domestic commitments on the basis of an interim report of an expert group it had set up under kirit parikh the parikh report has not been approved by the government as it has not given the final version which was to include the costs and benefits of the various commitments it proposed the chapter says the most obvious source of financing for climate change action is the government budgetary support most of it would come as sectoral finance it adds quoting the kirit parekh interim report it projects emission intensity reduction over the 2005 levels measured in grams co2 equivalents per rupee of gdp by 2325 by 2020 in the determined effort