Copenhagen: As crucial climate talks got
underway here, India's lead negotiator Shyam Saran is
returning to New Delhi to update Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
on the deliberations.
Saran, who is the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on
Climate Change, will return to Delhi on Thursday to brief him
about the flavour of the negotiations at the 12-day summit to
decide on a pact to reduce carbon emissions to check global
warming, sources said.
He will travel back to Copenhagen alongwith the Prime
Minister.
Singh is scheduled to attend the final leg of the
climate change conference which is expected to see a strong
political statement to tackle climate change that could be
worked into a legally binding treaty next year.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who will be here
on Friday, will lead the Indian delegation at the high-level
segment that commences on next Monday.
There has been a lot of political opposition to
India's perceived change in stand on the climate negotiations.
Differences among some negotiators and the government had
spilled out into the open and Environment Minister Jairam
Ramesh had to give categorical assurances to them following
which they agreed to participate in the Copenhagen talks.
Saran will surely have these things in mind when he
discusses the issue with the Prime Minister.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, December 08, 2009, 23:31