New Delhi: Attending the seventh meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) in Rome, environment minister Jairam Ramesh demanded that the principle of cumulative per capita emissions be embedded in the draft of the long-term deal.

As it becomes clear that a global deal might elude Cancun, agreements on key issues can be expected at the December conference in Mexico. All attention is now being focused on smaller plurilateral groups. Smaller groups like the Major Economies Forum (MEF) are taking up discussions on substantive issues to arrive at some clear understanding ahead of the weeklong Bonn negotiations in August.

THE villain of the piece in 2009

THE concerted attempt over the past few months to lower expectations from the Cancun conference on climate change has not gone down well with Mexico.

On Tuesday, Mexico responded by saying that Cancun can deliver results, and that the world community needs to be

FOR three days, beginning Sunday, environment ministers from 45 countries will meet in Bonn for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. This is the first major ministerial meeting to be held since the Copenhagen climate change conference and is aimed at