PM travels to Copenhagen amid receding signs of climate deal

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will travel to Copenhagen Thursday for the climate talks
amid India's receding hopes for clinching a legal framework to
arrest global warming even as it said that ambitious emission
cuts by rich nations was at the "heart of success".

Singh is expected to make an intervention at the plenary
of the 15th Conference of Parties on Friday which would be
addressed by Denmark Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and
UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon.
World leaders, including US President Barack Obama,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, will also be at the plenary where
they would try to reach a political agreement to tackle global
warming.
"The developed countries need to come up with ambitious
emission reduction numbers. This is at the heart of the
outcome at Copenhagen and will be critical to its success. The
numbers put on the table, so far, are unfortunately
disappointing," India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told
reporters.
Rao gave enough hints that the climate talks would
continue beyond Copenhagen and an agreement may be within
reach before the next climate conference in Mexico in 2010.
Rao said the Chairman of the Conference of Parties was
working towards a political agreement and not a legally
binding agreement which would set members on track for a
comprehensive legal framework in due course during 2010.
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