Developed countries can play a major role in aiding developing countries to address the environmental consequences of industrial growth, says the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation's 'Industrial Development Report 2009'. Currently, policy initiatives by the developed countries focus largely on three aspects of mitigation: transport-related emissions, carbon leakage and clean development mechanism. Carbon leakage pertains to competitiveness concerns arising out of a situation where strong domestic action in one country to reduce emissions can cause firms to lose market share to competitors in countries where similar action has not been taken, or to relocate to such countries. According to a statement by the UNIDO here, its own experience shows that technical assistance programmes supported by the international community can help to solve environmental problems at the plant level. Through its 'National Cleaner Production Programme,' the UNIDO has promoted energy efficiency at the process level and has now taken that work to a new level by promoting energy efficiency at the systems level in industrial plants. The work is being supported by the Global Environmental Facility. The UNIDO is also working closely with the International Organisation for Standardisation in the development of new international energy management standards, says the report.
The Hindu, 29th April 2009
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