India has strongly criticised the attempt by some countries to dispense with the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and re-asserted that outcome of the Copenhagen Summit must be comprehensive, balanced and equitable. Addressing the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain on Friday, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that it must be comprehensive to cover all the inter-related components of mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology. He said, India is willing to sign on to an ambitious global target for emissions reductions or limiting temperature increase but this must be accompanied by an equitable burden sharing paradigm. Dr.Singh said New Delhi would resist a partial outcome . Asserting that the Climate Change action based on the perpetuation of poverty will simply not be sustainable and he reminded that the Kyoto Protocol will not expire in 2012. He said, the attempt by some countries to dispense with the Kyoto Protocol altogether has generated avoidable misgivings and has been strongly resisted by all developing countries without exception. Dr Singh expressed hope that a legally valid instrument to which every country is a party, will not be set aside in a cavalier manner.<br/><br/>