MEF meet on Climate Change appreciate India's approach to MRV

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 20 (PTI) India's presentation on the
recommendations on the contentious "monitoring, review and
verification" (MRV) was well taken at the two-day meeting of
the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Climate Change here.
India's viewpoint was appreciated by the 17-members of
the MEF, besides the UN and besides four other countries
including Columbia, Denmark, Grenada and Yemen, was presented
by the Indian Minister of State for Environment, Jairam
Ramesh, through a video conference on Wednesday.
"Recognising the urgency of moving forward,
participants felt that in Cancun countries should at a minimum
agree on a balanced set of decisions informed by the
Copenhagen Accord," said Michael Froman, the Chair of the
Conference and the US Deputy National Security Advisor for
International Economic Affairs.
"Participants discussed what work needs to be done
in the year ahead, including the need to elaborate the
measurement, reporting, and verification and other
transparency provisions of the Accord.
In this regard, they welcomed India's presentation on
practical approaches to MRV and international consultations
and analysis," Forman said, in a statement at the conclusion
of the two-day meeting.
"Minister Ramesh had a leading role on in talking
about that (MRV) today. I think that this will take time to
work out. He spoke to some extent a kind of basic structure
about, how to approach this.
I do not think there was a lot of dissention in the
room with respect to what he said.
It is a highly important issue for us and for others
and I am reasonably optimistic that we can make progress on
it," the Special US Envoy on Climate Change, Todd Stern, told
reporters in a teleconference after the meeting. (MORE) PTI
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