New Delhi, Oct 29: The ongoing negotiations on Delhi Declaration on Climate Change (DDCC) today made some
headway with the G-77 and China submitting their proposals, EU
welcoming the progress made and host India stating that a
revised draft of DDCC will be circulated shortly.
The G-77 and China feel that DDCC should incorporate a
call "to urge ratification of the Kyoto protocol (KP) by all
parties that have not done so" and inclusion of Africa as the
region most suffering from effects of climate change.
This addresses a major demand of the EU which is the
most vociferous votary of the KP and wants it to be ratified
by all particularly the US and Russia.
The EU stance on the G-77 move was apparent when its
spokesperson Thomas Becker said, "things are now going better,
we are convinced that the conference will find a good result
and optimistic about what will be there in final decisions to
be taken forward to the next conference".
Welcoming the EU`s stand, India`s environment secretary
P V Jaikrishnan said "despite some differences among member
countries we are confident that there will be convergence of
views when revised proposals for the DDCC are circulated".
Refuting criticism that the draft DDCC circulated by
conference president T R Baalu had completely overlooked KP,
he said the document mentioned the Berlin mandate which
includes the objectives of the KP. "The revised proposals
being worked out in consultation with various umbrella groups
like G-77 and EU will incorporate concerns of member states",
he added.
Bureau Report
