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"I think it is a little odd to talk about getting
isolated if you are part of a vast majority of countries who
are represented here. Why should anyone think we're getting
isolated?" he added.

Any consensus that emerges has to be something that
everyone agrees upon it is not merely a question of India
agreeing." He said Monday mitigation action being taken
voluntarily by developing countries should be supported by
financial resources and technology.
The fundamental elements also include a mechanism for
technology transfer as well as a financial mechanism that
provides for large-scale mobilisation and deployment for
financial resources on a stable and predictable basis.
The 12-day long climate change conference kicked off
yesterday with strong calls for action by Denmark's Prime
Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, UN's top scientist R K Pachauri
and UN's top climate change official Yvo de Boer.
The negotiators are expected to produce either a
legally binding document or at least a document that captures
an agreement on key political fronts to tackle climate change
that will be worked into a legally binding treaty next year.
A politically binding commitment seems more likely
–signed by the leaders of 100 countries who arrive next week
for the last week of the conference including Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, US President Barack Obama and Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao.
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon said that these political commitments
must include emission reduction targets from industrialised
countries, mitigation action from developing countries and aid
for them for clean economic growth. PTI BS
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