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On concerns that the US and developed countries were not
bound to contribute to USD 100 billion committed in the
Accord for the mitigation, Ramesh said for India, financing is
not a big issue.

"We don't want international aid," the minister said
adding that India can emerge as a leader of green technology.
He said the technology would not come without a price and
has to be negotiated on commercial basis.
But there is a commercial opportunity which India is
capable of exploiting, Ramesh said adding, China has already
started exploiting the same.
"China has moved ahead. Let's see this as a business
opportunity," Ramesh said.
On the Opposition charge that India is allowing the
developed countries off the hook as regards their previous
commitments, Ramesh said while there are attempts to dump the
Kyoto Protocol, India stands committed to the same.
"The troika of UNFCC, Bali Action Plan and Kyoto Protocol
are sacrosanct. We are not moving away from it in any manner,"
he said. PTI PC
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