India lauds Obama climate plan but sees concerns: Scientific American
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's chief climate envoy said on Friday he welcomed President Barack Obama's policy on climate change but warned there would be no global deal if rich nations insisted on emission targets for all.Govt says won’t bow to West on emission cuts-India-The Times of India
"There is no doubt that Obama has brought a renewed focus," Shyam Saran, the Indian prime minister's special envoy on climate change, said in his first comments on Obama's policy speech.
But Saran said negotiations at a key Copenhagen climate summit in December would not yield any results if Western nations linked any cut in their emissions to targets accepted by developing countries.
NEW DELHI: With the global economic slowdown dimming the developed world's appetite for accepting enhanced climate change responsibilities, India is preparing a robust defence of its position that it would not accept any sort of emission cut targets as part of a multilateral commitment.Global Pollution and Prevention News: ENN -- Know Your Environment
Hungary - a major seller of carbon credits— will weaken its credibility in the growing international carbon markets by using revenues to prop up its budget rather than green its energy production, WWF-Hungary has warned.
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