INDIA: Opposition slams federal minister's claim on India being a winner at Copenhagen
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INDIA: Opposition slams federal minister's claim on India being a winner at Copenhagen
- Title: INDIA: Opposition slams federal minister's claim on India being a winner at Copenhagen
- Date: 24th December 2009
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 22, 2009) (ANI) REPORTERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE CAMERAS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi/English) INDIA'S FEDERAL MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS, JAIRAM RAMESH, SAYING: "Consultations and analysis (regarding the emission cut) will be within the clearly defined guidelines that would respect national sovereignty. This sentence was put into the accord by the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China). We are happy that (US) President Obama accepted it." ARUN JAITLEY, SENIOR LEADER OF OPPOSITION BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY REPORTERS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi/English) ARUN JAITLEY, SENIOR LEADER OF OPPOSITION BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP), SAYING: "It (Copenhagen climate summit) implies abrogation of the Kyoto Protocol and Bali Action Plan. It means that both of them would be terminated. According to Kyoto Protocol the first commitment that developed countries made - as per the emission level in 1990 - that they would reduce five per cent of emission. After another estimate they said that they would cut emission level from 25 percent to 40 percent- that was one set of obligation. In Copenhagen, summit obligations were different. How much they (developed countries) would reduce would be known by January 31." REPORTERS JOTTING DOWN NOTES
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: Nature / Environment,Domestic Politics
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- Story Text: Jairam Ramesh, India's federal Minister of Environment and Forests claimed that India enhanced its reputation and protected its sovereign interests at the recent Copenhagen meeting on climate change.
Ramesh spoke at a news conference in New Delhi on Tuesday (December 22).
"Consultations and analysis (regarding the emission cut) will be within the clearly defined guidelines that would respect national sovereignty. This sentence was put into the accord by the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China). We are happy that (U.S.) President Obama accepted it," Ramesh said.
However, opposition parties criticized the government for what they say is an agreement that does away with the requirements agreed to in previous climate change treaties.
"It (Copenhagen climate summit) implies abrogation of the Kyoto Protocol and Bali Action Plan. It means that both of them would be terminated," said Arun Jaitley, a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"According to Kyoto Protocol the first commitment that developed countries made - as per the emission level in 1990 - that they would reduce five per cent of emission. After another estimate they said that they would cut emission level from 25 percent to 40 percent - that was one set of obligation. In Copenhagen, summit obligations were different. How much they (developed countries) would reduce would be known by January 31," Jaitley added.
The two-week, United Nations-led conference ended on Saturday (December 19) with an agreement to limit global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial times.
The accord does not set binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, as the Copenhagen meeting was intended to do, and does not include deadlines. It calls for passage of a binding international climate deal - the original aim of the Copenhagen talks - at the next climate talks in Mexico City, near the end of 2010. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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