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Durban renewal

-The Indian Express   After days of discussion and disagreement at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, in a final spurt of energy, the conference of parties managed to make some tangible progress. The Durban meet was about laying the bedrock principles for future negotiations, rather than detailed plans of who will cut emissions and by how much. The 190 nations at the meet agreed to “develop a new...

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India and China to eventually come under emission curbs

-The Telegraph   The world’s nations negotiating for years on strategies to combat climate change have agreed for the first time to work towards a new pact that would force all big polluters, including emerging economies such as India and China, to curb their greenhouse gas emission. A UN climate change conference in Durban concluded this morning after negotiators from more than 190 countries agreed to consider a new document that would carry...

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Jayanthi Natarajan opposes global pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions at Durban by Urmi A Goswami

At the president's informal stock taking plenary, held in the early hours of Sunday, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan made a final attempt to ensure that India's redlines - legally binding deal and differentiation between developing and developed countries - were not crossed.  Making her case, Natarajan reminded that India was in Durban to "find a solution to the entire issue of climate change."  "India has shown more flexibility than any other party....

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India gets its way as climate summit closes by Joydeep Gupta

-IANS   An impassioned speech by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan capped the finale of the UN climate summit that ended here early Sunday with a Durban Package, after she warned that India 'will never be intimidated by any threat or pressure'.   Natarajan's speech ensured that India's main concern - the inclusion of the concept of Equity in the fight against climate change - became part of the package.   The package said all countries would...

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Durban climate talks end, new global climate change regime from 2020 by Nitin Sethi

The Durban climate talks finally ended more than 36 hours after the scheduled closure on Sunday early morning. The world agreed to a new global climate change regime that will come in to force starting 2020. India took over centre-stage as a force to reckon with, regained its position as the leader and moral voice of the developing world as the EU and the US were forced to address its...

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