'Cancun can' is the buzzword
Meena Menon
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Danish Climate Change and Energy Minister Lykke Friis at a
press conference during the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico.
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The opening day of the UN climate change conference on Monday laid
great emphasis on achieving a package of decisions at the end of the
10-day deliberations. "Cancun can," quipped Danish Minister for Climate
Change Lykke Friis. A sticky point could be the International
Consultation and Analysis (ICA), in which India hopes to play a
deal-maker, according to official sources.
With 25 heads of state confirming their participation in the
conference, things hope to hot up next week. The developed countries,
including the United States, are pushing for transparency from countries
where they will fund climate change mitigation. The feeling is that
without any movement on the ICA, the US will not come on board; and
unless there is some commitment on technology transfer, the developing
countries will not agree to any monitoring.
High-level sources said, the idea was to position India as a
deal-maker, as a bridge between the developing and developed countries.
This is in keeping with the Prime Minister's vision of a new India on
world forums, an India willing to engage proactively and willing to
offer pragmatic solutions. The Hindu
To be continued |
