With the Copenhagen conference on climate change seemingly headed for yet another deadlock -- certainly in the short term and most unfortunately perhaps in the long run as well -- there is an urgent need for clearer thinking on the issue of adaptation.

Leslie D'Monte / New Delhi December 11, 2009, 0:44 IST

The Indian government has approved more than 1,400 projects as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that could attract around $6 billion(Rs 28,000 crore) into the country by 2012 through sale of Certified Emission Reduction (CER) certificates, according to Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh.

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Gameplan simple: Aim for higher reduction than the government has committed.

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Unyielding stances have bogged down the climate negotiations and downgraded the Copenhagen conference

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The Centre on Wednesday said state governments have been asked to prepare the local level adaptation action plans on climate change consistent with the objectives of the National Action Plan on Climate Change.