NEW DELHI: Getting down to implement a comprehensive domestic agenda of adaptation and mitigation and seeking to reduce the emission intensity of gross domestic product by 20-25 per cent by 2020, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the Planning Commission to set up a group of experts to draw a road map for low-carbon growth.

IN HIS anxiety to defend India

THE Opposition on Tuesday came down heavily on the Manmohan Singh government for

New Delhi: Even though the final document in Copenhagen contained no legally binding commitment by anybody, US officials are claiming the right to unilaterally verify or review what India and other countries are doing towards emission goals.

Having stitched together a climate deal at Copenhagen with a select group of countries, the government will have to do some explaining in Parliament on Tuesday on some provisions in the Copenhagen Accord, especially those relating to international verification of voluntary action taken by India on climate change.

Fresh from the world climate change talks which reached a last-minute non-binding deal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday where he is expected to say that India

Although the Copenhagen Accord is

New Delhi: Fresh from the world climate change talks which reached a last-minute non-binding deal, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Says US No Longer Bound By Its Pledges On Carbon Emission Cuts
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