PACHAURI-PM 3 LST

Singh said India would participate in the climate
negotiations in a "spirit of flexibility, acknowledging our
responsibilities as citizens of the globe".
New Delhi will spare no effort in contributing to the
success of the post-Copenhagen process, he said.
"Developing countries also need to do their bit... The
least developed countries and small island states deserve
special attention due to their greater vulnerability to
climate change," Singh said, adding India would support all
measures to assist them, both bilaterally as well as in
context of a global climate change regime.
Referring to the recent meeting here of Brazil, China,
South Africa and India on the issue, he said this was aimed at
carrying forward the positive and constructive role played by
them at Copenhagen.
"It is in this spirit that India and the other BASIC
countries, conveyed our respective voluntary mitigation
actions to the UNFCCC by January 31 this year," he said,
adding India's endeavour to reduce emissions intensity of GDP
by 20-25 per cent by 2020 on 2005 basic levels.
"We are also very serious about fulfilling and perhaps
even exceeding this target," the Prime Minister said.
Singh also said that India was establishing a National
Institute of Himalayan Glaciology in Dehra Dun and sought
global cooperation in this regard. PTI