New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Countries that are still industrialising are being asked to rapidly shift to renewable energy and are often criticised for moving too slowly, even as nations now pushing for the transition built their economic strength over two centuries of coal and oil use, Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant has said.

Addressing the High-Level Commonwealth Policy Dialogue on Climate Justice at Marlborough House in London, CJI Kant on Friday said the global shift towards clean energy must account for the differing circumstances of countries and ensure that the burden of transition is distributed fairly.

He said the climate crisis presented "two faces" of the same injustice--unequal vulnerability to climate change and the une...