Mixed response to Copenhagen Accord

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) The Copenhagen Accord has
received mixed response in India with climate experts divided
on its implications for the country while Left parties and
some NGOs have attacked it.

"Basically, the climate deal struck in Copenhagen is the
first step towards a more comprehensive legal framework to
tackle global warming," Nitin Desai, a member of Prime
Minister's Council on Climate Change, told PTI.
He said that things would be more clear early next year
when developed countries declare their commitments as per the
deal in Copenhagen.
Navroz K Dubash, senior fellow at the Centre for Policy
Research, felt the Accord was "quite a weak deal" which was
"highly inadequate" to address the challenge of global
warming.
The deal reached at Copenhagen on Saturday does not
commit any nation to emissions cuts beyond a general
acknowledgement that global temperatures should be held along
the lines agreed to by leading nations in July.
On the issue of review of mitigation actions, Dubash said
that definitely, India's stand had been diluted on the issue.
The issue had become a sticking point in the negotiations
and an agreeable formulation was reached at only after US
President Barack Obama stepped in to break the logjam meeting
the leaders of Brazil, South Africa, India and China. MORE PTI
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