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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Climate deal salvaged after marathon talks in Durban by John Vidal and Fiona Harvey
Delegates clashed over attempt to make agreement legally binding until deal was struck in pre-dawn hours Countries have agreed a deal in Durban to push for a new climate treaty, salvaging the latest round of United Nations climate talks from the brink of collapse. The UK's cimate change secretary, Chris Huhne, hailed the deal, finally struck in the early hours of Sunday after talks had overrun by a day and a half,...
More »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...
More »Negotiators strike a new climate deal by Nina Chestney & Jon Herskovitz
-Reuters Kyoto Protocol extended; environmentalists, small nations say deal lacks ambition, does not do enough Climate negotiators agreed to a pact on Sunday that would for the first time force all the biggest polluters to take action on greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the action plan was not aggressive enough to slow the pace of global warming. The package of accords extended the Kyoto Protocol, the only global pact that enforces carbon...
More »FDI in retail to benefit Indian farmers, citizens: US
-The Indian Express Supporting the ongoing discourse in India over the issue of FDI in the retail sector, the United States has said even though it is of view that this is in the benefit of India, it would desist to comment on India's internal affairs. "I think they have to work through their domestic political process and I don't want to comment on their internal affairs at this point," the Under...
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