A标准英语2009年-India Decries Lack of Progress at Climat

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With three days remaining at the Copenhagen climate talks, India's government is expressing its disappointment with the proposals put forth¹ so far.

Steve Herman | New Delhi 16 December 2009 

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (file photo)

 
Officials are also maintaining India will keep to its hard-line stance of not compromising on what they call New Delhi's "non-negotiable positions." 

On the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's departure for the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, government officials did little to hide their frustration² and pessimism³ with the talks.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao expresses hope for a bridging the gap between developed and developing countries, but acknowledges there has been little progress.   

"The numbers put on the table, so far, unfortunately are disappointing," Rao said.

Rao reiterates⁴ Prime Minister Singh will not be negotiating on certain issues that are at the core of India's stance.

"We will not accept a legally-binding emission⁵ reduction cut," Rao said.  "We will not, under any circumstances, accept an agreement which stipulates⁶ a peaking order for our emissions⁷."

India also maintains it would not allow any international scrutiny⁸ of whatever voluntary mitigation actions it funds domestically with its own money.

Mr. Singh's special envoy⁹ on climate change, Shyam Saran, says India is still trying to reach an accord with other countries for what he terms a "good" outcome at the talks.

And the top Indian negotiator on site at the meeting in Denmark tells reporters the current global emissions treaty, the Kyoto Protocol¹⁰, "is in intensive care, if not dead."

Supporters of the 1997 agreement have been hoping the current talks would pave the way for extending or toughening the pact¹¹ which obligates 40 rich countries to limit carbon emissions.  The Kyoto accord expires in 2012.

The Copenhagen negotiations¹², in which nearly 200 nations are participating, are deemed to be deadlocked¹³.  That is dashing hopes  a meaningful deal - or even a political agreement - can presented by Friday to Mr. Singh and other key heads of government, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier¹⁴ Wen Jiabao.