Kyoto Protocol; Climate Agreements; Emission Targets

India capitulates at Cancun, betrays its poor; agrees to a weak and ineffective text that paves the way for ineffective emission reduction targets for the developed countries and scrapping of the Kyoto protocol.

Cancun, December 10, 2010: At about 5.00 pm Mexico time today, a text of an agreement for the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) made its appearance at the Moon Palace Hotel, the venue of the 16th Conference of Parties. For India and its millions of poor, this text can only be termed as a betrayal.

Jairam drops a bombshell, blasts a hole in India’s negotiating stance

• CSE lambasts minister’s support to “binding commitment for all countries under appropriate legal form”
• India has always said its domestic mitigation actions are voluntary and not internationally binding. Minister’s statement contradicts this stand
• Removes the distinction between developed and developing world

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