New Delhi, Nov 01: The United States today welcomed
the second draft of the Delhi declaration on climate change
even as discussions were on to reach a consensus on it at the
ongoing UN conference on climate change.
"It is a very good basis on which to move forward,"
Paula Dobriansky, head of the us delegation at the conference
told reporters.
India has fittingly decided to put sustainable
development on the discussion agenda as it is an integration
of economic policy and social development, she said.
However, US stuck to its stand on Kyoto protocol saying
it was neither effective nor fair and was also expensive and
will hurt its economy.
"KP is costly, ineffective and unfair. It is also
impractical and unrealistic. Climate change is a global
phenomenon but the developing countries are not
participating," she said.
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