PM rejects UN deadline for submitting emission targets

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has rejected the UN deadline of January 31 for
submission of emission targets and climate actions under the
Copenhagen Accord.

The Prime Minister is particularly unhappy over the
repeated persistence from Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke
Rasmussen and United Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon to accede
to the January 31 deadline for target submission, sources in
the PMO said.
Singh has also apparently questioned the legal status of
the various provisions included in the Accord which is silent
on the Kyoto Protocol based on equity burden sharing among the
member nations.
"Before going ahead with targets submission, the Prime
Minister wants to be clarified on certain issues which are
silent in the Ban's letter," the sources added.
In the absence of the consensus at the Denmark capital
last December, the UN members just took note of the Copenhagen
Accord and agreed to submit their voluntarily emission cuts as
well as climate action plans.
As per the Accord, Appendix 1 is intended for
"economy-wide emissions targets" for 2020 for Annex-I (rich
countries) while Appendix 2 is for "mitigation actions" by
non-Annex I (developing) countries. These commitments can
become operational immediately. (MORE) PTI AJ
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