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| India, US accept 'Copenhagen Accord |
| India, US accept 'Copenhagen Accord'; EU, others still unsure
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| INDIA
, 19-December-2009
1:52:11 AM |
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After two-weeks of almost never-ending disagreements, the climate change conference in Copenhagen has produced a political accord that was weak and vague, devoid of the most basic targets, and, most importantly, unsure of being accepted by everyone.
The Copenhagen Accord, as it has been called, was thrashed out in a closed door meeting involving the United States and the four major developing economies – India, China, Brazil and South Africa -- that go together in the name of BASIC group. China and the United States are the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases. The heads of states of these countries, as also many others, had to delay their departures from Copenhagen as a deal agreeable to all remained elusive even on the last day of the conference.
The other countries were not involved in finalizing the accord, and because of this there is a real danger that many countries might refuse to accept it. India, whose Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was part of the closed door meeting, said it would sign on the accord
The accord, as of now, is only a draft and has to be adopted by consensus by the 193 members of the UNFCCC to come into effect. If adopted, it will form the mandate to continue the negotiating process into next year and finalise a legally-binding international treaty -- something that was originally planned to happen in Copenhagen itself.
Several countries, including the European Union which too was surprisingly left out of the consultation process, have already expressed their disappointment with the accord, mainly because it is a completely sterile document
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