Least developed countries (LDCs), the worst victims of global warming, are far from raising effective voice thus failing to reap expected success from the ongoing negotiations of climate change due to fragile diplomacy, experts opined.

Adapting to the effects of climate change such as floods and droughts will probably cost many times more than the United Nations estimates, a report said on Thursday ahead of a major U.N. summit in December.

Mumbai

The role of developing countries in meeting the challenge of climate change has been in the news in recent weeks, particularly in the wake of Hillary Clinton's visit to India. India's position on the issue has been consistent with the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility", which is part of the un Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc).

Pakistan has good potential for developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects through greenhouse gas emission reduction, however, this potential has not been fully exploited as yet.

This was stated by federal environment secretary Kamran Lashari while speaking at a workshop on

Surrender or success?
Kirit S Parikh / August 14, 2009, 0:40 IST

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Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI

Attention on the subject of climate change appears to wax and wane in this country, having reached a peak in 2007 when the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came out providing strong evidence of human influence on the earth