2NDLD CLIMATE 2 LAST

The new draft could be seen as a victory for developing
nations, which led by Africa, had Monday walked out of the
talks leading to a temporary suspension in the negotiations.

The talks had resumed after the Chair of COP-15 and
Danish Minister Connie Hedegaard assured them that the
conference would proceed in a "fully transparent" manner and
without any "surprises".
As he left for Copenhagen, UN Secretary General Ban
ki-Moon said in New York that "time is running out" and there
was "no time for posturing or blaming".
In Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI said that the rich
nations have a "historic responsibility" to solve
environmental problems.
Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had late last
night hinted at some forward movement on the controversial
first draft issued on Friday. He said there have been some
developments on the three provisions of the draft prepared
under the Long Term Cooperative Action (LCA) track, which
India had termed as "unacceptable".
Ramesh had met ministers of several AOSIS members, who
had moved the disputed provisions and suggested alternative
formulations to them.
Last week, the chair of the LCA, Michael Cutajar, had
tabled a draft text in which Article 3 calls on all parties to
reduce the emissions by 50, 85 or 90 per cent by 2050.
Article 4 calls on all parties to "peak" as soon as
possible, recognising that developing nations will do it later
than developed countries. Article 8 calls for a comprehensive
review of the implementation of mitigation obligations with
the first one in 2016. PTI BS
RDM


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