Good morning friends. Different countries has been tackling the climate change which was held in Copenhagen. India’s concerns on non-biding emission cuts met at the Summit.

India's concerns on non-binding emission cuts have been met at the Copenhagen summit though the climate deal does open a window for a new legal treaty that may kill Kyoto Protocol based on the principle of equity, a top government climate expert said on Monday.

Rejecting allegations that India has succumbed to US pressure at the meet, Rajni Ranjan Rashmi, Joint Director, Environment Ministry, maintained that the way talks were going, India was expecting nothing but equity. "And equity has been ensured by limiting temperature level to 2 degree Celsius which has been agreed by all the nations, both developing and developed," Rashmi, who was part of the Indian delegation at the 12-day meet said on Monday.

The official, while admitting that it was not a win-win situation for India since it was a global accord with positives and negatives in it, said "No binding commitments have been imposed upon the developing nations. This has been a major success for India as promised (by the government) in Parliament.

"Also, survival of Kyoto Protocol has been ensured despite persistent attempt by the European Union to junk its mandate of equity but differentiated responsibilities," he said on the outcome of the Summit.

The third major achievement for India was that it managed to avoid global emission cuts of 50 per cent by 2050 as demanded by the US and other developed nations.

"Hence, while the Summit set a commitment to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, it did not spell out the important global emission targets for 2020 or 2050 that are the key to holding down temperatures," he said. -Yahoo