Pallavi Aiyar / Copenhagen December 18, 2009, 0:49 IST

The real value of the climate process is its impact on the ideas on what it means to be a good global citizen

Ecuador is among the countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change. Preventing oil extraction in the Yasun




It is too soon even to second-guess the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit. The re-set goal is to produce an

India will not compromise on

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Minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh says India will ask the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to come up with verification norms for voluntary projects in developing countries under which "we would report the progress to the UN".

A new proposal from AOSIS Alternative to the Danish Proposal and the BASIC draft. The Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) released a new, overarching proposal for fulfilling the mandates of the Bali Action Plan, and setting legally binding targets for developed countries post-2012.

India has rejected United States advice that it put its voluntary offer to reduce carbon intensity on the table with commitments before the global community.

Secretary of the ministry of finance Vijai Sharma told Indian reporters that there was "no possibility" India would put its voluntary commitments before the international community.

THE Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Copenhagen negotiating position. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh told the Cabinet that India will stay firm on Kyoto Protocol and UNFCCC resolutions at the climate change summit.

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