(Madan Menon Thottasseri)
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World leaders were racing against time to hammer out a deal to combat global warming, Still, a confident India represented by jairam Ramesh interacted with US and other key negotiators in an attempt to reach a "coordinated" position prior to the table at the final meeting.
Ramesh remarked that Todd Stern representing U.S had expressed a desired support for some of the elements but could not agree for other elements that was put forth to them,. He said that India is continuing to work out a coordinated position. In fact India and the US held discussions on the contentious issue of monitoring, review and verification (MRV) and made some progress but there was no major breakthrough.
According to Ramesh Seventy five per cent of the formula has been accepted. The remaining 25 per cent originates to the review mechanism issue wherein India had given the understanding that only informations can be provided and no inspection by outside agencies are not agreeable. US has been pushing up for a consultative mechanism , unacceptable to India and China as well.
Of course Ramesh had welcomed the US secretary of state, Ms Hillary Clinton’s announcement of American contribution to a $100 billion climate cleanup fund.
Earlier on Thursday Denmark seemed to have given up efforts to push a text for the meeting that was strongly resisted by India, China and the G-77 nations. Just a day before the closure of the climate change summit, its fate still hangs in balance as heads of state and government in Denmark began hectic parleys to approve an agreed document which has so far proved elusive. Now it would be up to the leaders of the US, China, India and other G-77 nations to forge a last-minute agreement.
Denmark was said to be working on a “political agreement” text that would postpone the decisions on the Kyoto Protocol and the long-term cooperative action to next year. British PM Gordon Brown was also said to be bringing together negotiators for an agreed text.
After the meeting, Ramesh said that he had told the Americans- "You should be transparent about the word transparency."
Of course Ramesh had welcomed the US secretary of state, Ms Hillary Clinton’s announcement of American contribution to a $100 billion climate cleanup fund.
Earlier on Thursday Denmark seemed to have given up efforts to push a text for the meeting that was strongly resisted by India, China and the G-77 nations. Just a day before the closure of the climate change summit, its fate still hangs in balance as heads of state and government in Denmark began hectic parleys to approve an agreed document which has so far proved elusive. Now it would be up to the leaders of the US, China, India and other G-77 nations to forge a last-minute agreement.
Denmark was said to be working on a “political agreement” text that would postpone the decisions on the Kyoto Protocol and the long-term cooperative action to next year. British PM Gordon Brown was also said to be bringing together negotiators for an agreed text.
After the meeting, Ramesh said that he had told the Americans- "You should be transparent about the word transparency."
The U.N. climate talks ran into serious problems Friday morning as negotiators tried to forge a political agreement for the summit meeting of President Barack Obama, China’s premier and more than 110 other world leaders.
Delegates spoke of continuing disputes behind closed doors between developed and developing countries, the divide that has dogged the two-week U.N. climate conference from the beginning.
Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren said that no agreed text had emerged just an hour before the presidents and premiers were to gather at a Copenhagen convention hall.
Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren said that no agreed text had emerged just an hour before the presidents and premiers were to gather at a Copenhagen convention hall.
With negotiations reaching a final stage at the climate change meet, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here last night to lead the Indian delegation at the crucial talks.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Friday held talks in a bid to consolidate the position of developing countries ahead of the world leaders' meeting in Copenhagen.
In his opening remarks during his meeting with Wen, Singh recalled that the two countries have been cooperating at various front including the G-20.
"We need to continue the cooperation," said the Prime Minister, who arrived in the Danish capital late last night to take part in the high-level segment of the 12-day UN climate talks.
Besides Singh and Wen, US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicholas Sarkozy are among the 110 world leaders who would attend the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) on its final day today.
The developing countries have been resisting attempts by the rich nations to set aside the Kyoto Protocol, which sets legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for industrialized nations. The 1997 protocol also has a strong compliance mechanism which penalises the rich nations if they do not meet emission reduction targets agreed upon by them.
Prime Minister man Mohan Singh arrived at Copenhagen at a time when the consensus is getting eluded. He landed there with a message to preserve the areas of consensus on mitigation actions and finances and transfers of green technologies to developing countries enshrined in the Bali Action Plan.
Prime Minister man Mohan Singh arrived at Copenhagen at a time when the consensus is getting eluded. He landed there with a message to preserve the areas of consensus on mitigation actions and finances and transfers of green technologies to developing countries enshrined in the Bali Action Plan.
Prior to the meeting of over 110 world leaders at the climate change conference, Singh is scheduled to meet with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in a bid to consolidate position of the developing countries for the plenary.
"The UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol embody the international agreed regime for addressing the global challenge of climate change," the Prime Minister had given a press statement before flying from New Delhi.
The 12-day 15th Conference of Parties, which concludes here on Friday, is expected to issue a short communique on the need and urgency to arrest climate change instead of a political statement which could form a basis that could be the basis of a legally-binding agreement in the future.
The rich nations are expected to make a Strong pitch for limiting the global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius, agreeing to achieve 80 per cent emission cuts by 2050 and prompt e developing countries to undertake strong mitigation actions which would see a significant deviation from the business as usual approach.
However, the above points do not mention a base year for from which the emission reductions would be undertaken but stresses on transparent verification actions for all the parties.
As mentioned earlier, the group of four comprising Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) cannot compromise and will strongly oppose this proposal contending that it makes no reference to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Bali Action Plan and the Kyoto Protocol.
As mentioned earlier, the group of four comprising Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) cannot compromise and will strongly oppose this proposal contending that it makes no reference to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Bali Action Plan and the Kyoto Protocol.
Despite certain nations not ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan of 2007 and the UNFCCC were adopted by consensus. It wants nations which have not ratified Kyoto to take commitments comparable to those agreed to it.
The Prime Minister is there just to reiterate the Indian stand and apply pressure by thrusting this point for insisting that it is of prime importance to preserve the areas of consensus and agree to continue negotiations based on the Bali Action Plan and the UNFCCC.
India and other developing countries have been insisting that neither would they take up legally binding emission cuts, nor accept a year by which their emissions would peak.
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India and other developing countries have been insisting that neither would they take up legally binding emission cuts, nor accept a year by which their emissions would peak.
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