INDIA REJECTS LEGALLY BINDING EMISSION CUTS

    India rejects accepting legally binding emission cuts. Minister of state for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh saying there is concerted pressure on India and China to accept such cuts. South Africa,India and China are united on this issue.Brazil and South Africa are united. Pressure is coming from developed countries.
    India  not ready to show flexibility at this stage on the issue of binding emission cuts,and would insist on a second commitment period under the kyoto protocol,set to expire in 2012.
    As per the kyoto protocol, rich nations are supposed to take legally binding emission cuts, while no such provision exists for developing countries. India, along with most other developing countries,has been maintaining that taking up binding emissions cuts will hamper its growth, including poverty alleviation efforts.

Prof. John Kurakar