Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the accord at the recently held Copenhagen summit on climate change was not a failure for India, but a partial success for the country. The Minister, who was in Varansi on Wednesday to review the results of pollution control efforts of different government agencies in the river Ganga told the media that India had partial success at the Copenhagen negotiations. He rejected the opposition claim that Copenhagen was a failure. He, however, maintained that the Copenhagen accord has certain inbuilt hazards and the developing world, especially India, has to be wary on those accounts.<br/><br/>When asked about them, Mr Ramesh said, the foremost risk is that the developed world could demand an end to the Kyoto Protocol. He said that India bargained at the summit from the point of strength. He also added that the accord is a partial victory for BASIC Group comprising Brazil, China, India and South Africa when it wrested three important benefits from President Obama at Copenhagen. The Minister said, the US gave in to their proposals on global goals and the legally non-binding nature of the accord.<br/>