New Delhi: India today said global
warming threat should be seen through the prism of security
and collaborative approach to ensure that the Copenhagen meet
on climate change in December does not settle for a deal that
is ineffective.
"There is no doubt that if we say that we are facing
an element of threat to calamity, if we say that we are facing
an extraordinary challenge that requires extraordinary
response, then the least common denominator is not the
response that is required," Shyam Saran, country's chief
climate change negotiator said here.
Saran who was speaking at a discussion on "Environment
and Conflict Resolution" said, "These negotiations are being
carried out in what I would call the advisory reports... we
are expected to safeguard our interest, try to extract as much
from the other side (developed nations) and give as little to
other side (developing nations) and the inevitable result of
this kind of negotiations is nothing but a common
denominator."
He was apparently referring to the failure of the
developed countries to meet the emissions cuts and financial
commitments made in Kyoto Protocol which is expected to be
replaced at Copenhagen through a new treaty on climate change.
Saran said there was a need to see the climate change
issue from the prism of security and hold negotiations
accordingly.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, October 23, 2009, 18:44