The seven-member US climate team is accompanying secretary of state Hillary Clinton. They held a technical and negotiating-level dialogue with the Indian climate team on Monday and met the minister and her team separately.
Sources said Natarajan explained to the US that India had already taken substantial voluntary steps such as those on developing alternative energy. She also pointed out that the concerns of equity and growth had countrywide support and the political class, cutting across party lines, was on the same page on the issue. She was also emphatic that by growth, India implied that it had to meet the imperative of poverty eradication.
Natarajan highlighted the three demands made by India that the US had earlier opposed vehemently. A statement from the environment ministry said the minister talked of the "importance to remain engaged on issues such as equity, accelerated transfer of technologies and trade measures". Read the full report here.
Source: Nitin Sethi, TNN, New Delhi.
