CLIMATE-LD DRAMA 3 LAST

After greetings and handshakes following Obama's entry,
the leaders got down to business discussing threadbare,
concerns and possible outcomes of several sticking issues.

Singh did some plain talking telling Obama that
international review of voluntary mitigation actions was
unacceptable as he was answerable to Parliament.
Any international review on India's voluntary mitigation
actions would go against public opinion, he told Obama.
Wen also had similar views, while Lula voiced concerns
over imposition of trade barriers on developing countries
under the garb of environment protection.
Obama told them that the US recognised the development
challenges of the BASIC countries and wanted to be a partner
and not an impediment in their progress.
The BASIC group stuck to their stand on review of
voluntary mitigation actions, which they said will be an
intrusion on their sovereignty.
The talks then veered on formulation and words to be used
to reach an agreement. After some rounds of talk the leaders
agreed on having 'international consultations' on the line of
WTO talks as the accepted phrase.
There was no agreement on a proposal to accept 50 per
cent emission cuts across the board and the leaders decided to
leave it at that.
With the broad contours agreed upon, the leaders left it
to their negotiating teams to reach a final agreement.
The deal when presented at the plenary drew angry
reactions but the Conference decided to 'take note' of it,
stopping short of adopting it for lack of consensus. PTI SKU
ANU


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