Basic Countries Back Indian Proposals On Climate
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 8,
August 2011
The BASIC countries approved the Indian proposals, which had taken some strong negotiations to be put back on the table in the UN climate talks despite resistance from the developed countries.
The meeting of the BASIC ministers in Brazil was to be attended by environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan but she missed it owing to the Anna Hazare crisis on the domestic front. India was represented by its senior negotiators.
At the last formal talks, India had taken the lead in putting back on agenda the discussions on equitable share of atmosphere, the need to cut intellectual property rights on green technologies and banning trade barriers advocated by developed countries using green indicators such as carbon footprints of products as trigger. Read the full report here.
Source: Nitin Sethi, TNN, New Delhi.
