New Delhi: Irked by letters written in bad faith by the UN secretary general and the Danish PM on the Copenhagen Accord, the government has finalized a robust response. The two had written a joint letter to the government and the Danish PM had also written a separate letter.
WITH ambiguity dogging the Copenhagen Accord, attention is focused on the meeting of the BASIC countries in New Delhi next week. This would be the first meeting of the negotiating block after the Copenhagen conference.
New Delhi: The Indian government is in a fix with the key allies of US, Australia and Canada signing the Copenhagen Accord but not proffering their emission reduction targets or numbers for financial contribution to be listed in the controversial pact.
A new balance of rights and obligations has to be defined based on criteria for equitable sharing of the carbon budget of cumulative emissions to achieve the 2-degree goal, says Mukul Sanwal
INDIA
EVEN as India maintains that it is ready to meet the January 31 deadline to specify steps it would take to reduce emissions, a final decision likely only after the BASIC countries meet in the third week of January.
The Centre for Science & environment stressed India should neither endorse or sign Copenhagen Accord
Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh believes Copenhagen saw the emergence of a new world order which will substantively impact multilateral talks that are likely to culminate in Mexico in 2010.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a leading environmental body, today said India should not endorse the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, as it allowed industrialised countries to set inadequate emission reduction targets and did not come under any internationally binding commitments.
Copenhagen Accord is weak, meaningless, fundamentally flawed and India should not endorse it, says CSE in this press release. It is a polluter's accord that will be disastrous for the fight against climate change and bad for India and the world.
