Durban is all set to be the new venue for climate diplomacy, as leaders, negotiators and experts across continents gather in that South African city of to cobble up a consensus on the future course

Ahead of the Durban climate change talks beginning Nov 28, experts are worried that Eurozone crisis may curtail the billions of dollars of funding from industrialised countries to their poorer coun

The contentious issue of finance will be among the key items that will take centrestage at the UN-sponsored climate talks in Durban.

“Access to energy, food security and poverty eradication” were the key pillars to ensure global partnership the minister emphasised while welcoming minister to the Delhi Ministerial Dialogue on “Green economy and Inclusive Growth.”
“The entire issue of commitment made by parties to the Green Climate Fund would have to be honoured,” she emphasised, pointing out that “the bottom line is that poverty eradication is our primary goal for a green economy — it is the pillar.”

GLOBAL negotiations are not an easy task. For that matter, every negotiation requires maturity of understanding of what one party will give and what the other party is able to accept.