India Will Not Accept Legally Binding Emissions Cuts - "There Can Be No Flexibility"

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Facing pressure to accept legally- binding emissions cuts, India today made it clear that it will not budge from its long-held position on the issue, while insisting that it has shown flexibility on various other matters like domestic voluntary reductions.

India was not ready to show flexibility at this stage on the issue of binding emission cuts and will insist on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol which is set to expire in 2012, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said at the UN climate summit here.

"There can be no flexibility on these," he said.

As per Kyoto Protocol, rich nations are supposed to take legally-binding emission cuts, while no such provision exists for developing countries. India, along with most of other developing countries, has been maintaining that taking up binding emissions cuts will hamper its growth, including poverty alleviation efforts. Referring to the "flexible" stance taken by India in the past one year since the Copenhagen climate meet, Ramesh said India's position on climate change has been evolving and needs to evolve further.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/won/t-accept-legally-binding-emissions-cuts-india/118732/on

[jwirr]

1. They have our jobs and now they have our attitude.

[Nihil]

3. Ouch. (n/t)

[Kolesar]

2. You are like a hurricane ... eom

[joshcryer]

4. How else are they going to build their hundreds of coal plants?

Sadly their nuclear technology won't be able to mitigate their coal technology for generations.