IN KEEPING with its pledge of adopting a low-carbon path, India has informed the UN that it will undertake voluntary cuts of its emission intensity by 2020 but asserted that it will not be applicable to the agriculture sector.
COMMITMENTS by major nations to put curbs on greenhouse gas emissions appear to be insufficient in limiting the increase in global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. Many of the developed countries have submitted emission reduction targets that are lower than those they had announced in the run up to Copenhagen summit.
Pressure On India, China To Honour Copenhagen Pledge
Washington: US on Friday pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emission by 17% by 2020 from the 2005 level, hoping that countries like India and China would follow suit as agreed upon during the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in December.
After days of consultations, India is learnt to be ready to send a formal communication to the UN climate convention over the weekend informing it about actions that New Delhi intends to take to curb the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions.
Restart climate change negotiations, India urges Denmark Two-track process must be activated in the run-up to COP-16. Centrality of UNFCCC must be preserved India promises continued support for ambitious, equitable outcome in Mexico
This document contains the letter, regarding the United States association with the Copenhagen Accord and its submission concerning emissions reduction target, from Todd Stern, Special Envoy
NEW DELHI: Seeking to put at rest doubts over the status of the Copenhagen Accord agreed upon at the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) in the Danish capital last year, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has issued a clarification saying that the agreement was not a legally binding document but merely a political one.
