"It (the Durban pact) does not imply that India has to take binding commitments to reduce its emissions in absolute terms in 2020," Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan said in a statement tabled in Rajya Sabha on the Durban decision to have a new global climate regime starting 2020.
Her statement comes after the hard-fought battle at Durban UN climate meet, which had to be extended into extra time to address India's concerns and also ensure a second phase of Kyoto Protocol with targets for developed countries.
Members of the house are expected to seek clarifications from the minister on Monday next week.
Natarajan said that EU had pressed for a form of agreement that would be legally binding on all parties but india had resisted the pressure and ensure a third option (besides one of having a protocol or a legal instrument post 2020) was also inserted in the 'Durban Platform' decision of the world attaining 'an agreed outcome with legal force'. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, New Delhi.
