New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has called for a more equitable global approach to the clean energy transition, saying developing economies should not be expected to bear disproportionate costs after industrialised nations built their economies through decades of coal and oil use.

Addressing the High-Level Commonwealth Policy Dialogue on Climate Justice at Marlborough House in London, CJI Kant said the climate crisis reflected "two faces" of injustice - unequal vulnerability to climate change and unequal costs associated with the shift to cleaner energy, ANI reported.

Developing Economies Face Unequal Burden

"Countries that are finally industrialising are being asked to move rapidly towards renewable power...