Together the United States and China account for approximately 40 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions, and only through concerted and coordinated action the challenge of climate change can be met. Technology transfer promises to be one of the key areas for U.S.-China cooperation.

The latest annual UNDESA report released by Sunita Narain, director of Centre for Science and Environment backs India and developing countries on the climate front.It says that rich countries had consumed more than fair share oftheir carbon space and needed to take deep emission cuts if the new climate agreement was to be equitable.

This video presents the interaction of Jairam Ramesh, India

Watch Jairam Ramesh, India's minister for environment and forests briefing the journalists about India's position on climate negotiations at the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, organised by CSE on August 28, 2009.

This video presents the talk by Jairam Ramesh, India

This presentation shows the present scenario of climate change. It stresses on its political and economic challenge and the key issues for the upcoming climate agreement at Copenhagen.

This presentation is delivered by Sunita Narain, CSE, Delhi at South Asian media briefing workshop on climate change, organised by Centre for science and environment on 27th Aug 09 at New Delhi.

This video presents the interaction of Shyam Saran, special envoy of the Prime Minister (climate change) with 120 South Asian journalists on the issue of India

Watch Shyam Saran at CSE's South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change on Aug 27, 2009. He briefed more than 120 journalists on the climate deal that developing countries look for at Copenhagen, this year in December.

The second round of climate change talks in Bonn concluded a little after 5 in the evening on June 12. Twelve days of heated talks among representatives of 182 countries yielded very little: developed countries were not ready to do anything.

Developing countries with large greenhouse gas emissions play a decisive role in negotiating a post-Kyoto climate agreement. No effective program to reduce global emissions is possible without their support. At the same time, developing countries face a delicate task in balancing their growing responsibility for a livable climate with the pursuit of continued economic development.

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