New Delhi, Mar 15:India could help the global community find a solution to the adverse impact of climate change, Nobel laureate Al Gore said on Saturday.

“India had made significant progress in the areas of information technology, pharmaceu-ticals and development of renewable energy devices. Thus, India must lead the world in developing low carbon technologies,” Al Gore said after launching The Climate Change Project in India in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri).

On India’s stand that developing countries could not compromise their growth for cutting carbon emission as they were not responsible for increasing greenhouse gases, Gore said India should not miss the opportunity to make their development process adopt to greener and sustainable technologies.

The government will unveil a national plan of action in June to deal with the threat of global warming. However,

“My country is the largest source of pollution and most responsible for creating the problem. We need a change in policy in the US,” said the environmental activist who has won an Oscar for his documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth.

The 2009 global climate meet after last years’ Bali meet, aims at concluding a comprehensive new global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2013.

Pachauri, chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, that shared the 2007 Peace Nobel with Gore, said “unprecedented under-standing and knowledge” is needed to tackle the “daunting challenge” of climate change.

Books on climate change for kids

Nobel laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore on Saturday released two books—Know Climate Change and 101 Q and A on Climate Change from ‘Save Planet Earth Series’—a six-book series jointly published by Teri and the JSW Foundation here.

“It is important that children understand the influence of human actions on the Earth’s climate and the measures that can be taken to control it.,” RK Pachauri, Director-General of Teri said.

The series printed on recycled paper, introduces children to the critical issue of climate change and offers information on clean, green solutions to the problem.

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