The Hindu : Front Page : India for technological answer to climate change

...Commending China’s ‘eco-city’ project, Mr. Lee had said: “I do not sense that urgency in India yet.” However, he traced this situation to a host of factors, including India’s “very low” industrialisation in comparison to China’s current economic profile. India was really focussing on “high-tech industries” as also “outsourcing” now, he noted. Prefacing these remarks, Mr. Lee said: “In Bali [at the recent multilateral talks on climate change], the Indians and the Chinese reserved their positions, as they must do even as a bargaining tactic.”

Sensing these comments and the general thrust of Mr. Lee’s speech as a sign of “some scepticism about India’s commitments” to combat global warming, Mr. Sibal said: “I don’t know how you got the impression. There is, perhaps, a lack of communication somewhere. ... We need a global solution. ... We need different technologies, at different prices, which are accessible and affordable at different levels. I don’t think that the global community has gotten to that level. There needs to be a global mechanism, and indeed we must move away from patents. What are your thoughts?”