The 53-nation Commonwealth has said that the upcoming Copenhagen meet should come out with an ambitious mitigation outcome as there is a need for an urgent and substantial action to reduce global emissions.The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), attended among others by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asked the developed nations to continue to lead on cutting their emissions and emphasised that the developing countries, in line with their national circumstances. They should also take action to achieve a substantial deviation from business-as- usual emissions. Noting that it represents one-third of the world's population, the CHOGM declaration said that internationally legally binding agreement is essential and its voice has to be heard at the next month's Copenhagen Summit.The Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus stated that the latest scientific evidence indicates that in order to avoid dangerous climate change that is likely to have catastrophic impacts solutions must be found using all available avenues. The declaration said the agreement in Copenhagen must address the urgent needs of developing countries by providing financing, support for adaptation, technology transfer and incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and for afforestation. The two-days CHOGM, attended for the first time by UN Secretary-General, besides two non-Commonwealth leaders President Nicholas Sarkozy of France and Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, said, needs of the most vulnerable must be addressed.