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Ramesh told journalists that most of the troubling
provisions were the product of division in the Alliance of
Small Inland States (AOSIS) and India was engaging with them
to resolve their differences.
A member of the Indian delegation said that Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) has been
included in the section that deals with mitigation actions by
developing countries as well as for funding for REDD plus.
Besides, several activities in REDD plus that India
was keen on -- reducing emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks,
sustainable management of forests, enhancement of forest
carbon stocks -- have been included in the draft.
Meanwhile, the European Union has categorically stated
that it prefers a single agreement that "goes beyond Kyoto".
"We prefer a single agreement," Stavros Dimas, the
European Commissioner for Environment, told journalists.
"We really support the architecture of Kyoto... we
want to use all the good things of it but it's not enough.
We're more ambitious than Kyoto," he said.
Former US Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore
has called on developed and developing countries to reach
"compromises" on their key differences for the sake of future
generations.
He called for transparency in the contentious issue of
financial commitments by developed countries and monitoring of
domestic actions that developing nations are resisting. PTI