The Cabinet will take a call on the shape of a new global agreement that India would push for at the for the upcoming climate change talks and over the next two years till it is signed in 2015.
The Union Cabinet is likely to decide the non-negotiables for the upcoming climate change negotiations on Thursday. The Cabinet will take a call on the shape of the new global agreement that India would push for at these talks and over the next two years till the pact is signed in 2015.
The External Affairs and Environment Ministries have together recommended that India should seek to ensure that the new agreement remains firmly embedded within the existing U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. They have recommended that the principle of historical emissions should remain one of the critical parameters in deciding the responsibilities of countries to cut emissions under the 2015 agreement.
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