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The fate of the climate change talks hung in a balance as
differences persisted between rich and developing nations over
taking legally binding carbon emission cuts.

While the industrialised nations want key developing
countries like China and India to agree to emission cuts, the
emerging economies are citing historical responsibility and
insisting that the rich nations should take lead as it was
they who had created the problem.
Rao insisted that India was not "a naysayer" and will
play a "constructive role" in the climate change talks.
"From the current state of negotiations, it appears that
the developed countries are not prepared for a comprehensive
outcome at Copenhagen that would bind them to fulfil the
commitments for emission reductions under Kyoto Protocol and
the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change)," she said.
"What we have to ensure is that the whole template of the
negotiations should not be shifted, should not mutate in a
manner that does not serve the cause we have fought so hard
for," she said.
On the Alliance of Small Island States adopting a
different stand at the climate talks, she said India would
like to see "full harmonisation" of positions among developing
countries.
India has already declared that it would consider a
carbon intensity cut of 20 to 25 per cent by 2020, but has
made it clear that it would not be forced into accepting
legally binding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. PTI SKU
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