Amitabh Sinha

In the run-up to the Copenhagen summit on climate change, India seems to be making the maximum number of concessions on its traditional stand on the issue.

In one of the first such partnerships, India and China on Wednesday set up a joint working group to strengthen bilateral dialogue and practical cooperation on climate change.

Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI

DIPLOMATIC skirmishes between Beijing and New Delhi notwithstanding, India and China on Wednesday signed an agreement to cooperate on ways to fight climate change. They will also continue to work together in international climate deal negotiations.

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: Reiterating that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol are the most appropriate framework for addressing climate change, India and China on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to establish a partnership in the area for strengthening dialogue and practical cooperation.

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 20

India and other South Asian nations today said they would adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, which imposes emission cuts on developed countries, at the Copenhagen climate change summit in December.

New Delhi: Faced with resistance from within and outside to his advocacy for a dramatic change of stand on climate change negotiations, environment minister Jairam Ramesh was in damage control mode on Tuesday. Backtracking on many of his controversial propositions, the environment minister denied that he had strayed from the stance India had so far taken.

Hasan Suroor

NEW DELHI: Member-states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on Tuesday agreed to make a separate statement as an entity at the Copenhagen meet on climate change in December.