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India opposed to any proposal seeking amendment in the Kyoto Protocol

India today made it clear that it is opposed to any proposal that seeks to amend the Kyoto Protocol at Copenhagen. The 12 day talks entered the second week with environment ministers across the globe converging at the venue of the conference to give a political push to the ongoing negotiations.<br/>Close on the heels ,Nobel laureate and internationally known environmentalist Dr. Suresh Pachauri has expressed confidence that the developed countries will take a lead to have a consensus on a climate change agreement in Copenhagen. In an exclusive telephonic interview to our correspondent Vijay Raina from Copenhagen, he said that the next week will be crucial for the talks as the environment ministers will be joined by the heads of the states and the governments to give final push to the talks.<br/><br/>He said that the rich club of nations have not so far come up to the expectations in the discussions and they will have to come to terms on the issue to save the planet. Dr. Pachuri said that the emerging economies will also have to take share the responsibility and continue dialogue will the African and small island Nations to address their immediate concerns. This ,he said can be met with supplying technologies essentially by India and China for effectively dealing the challenge of global warming.<br/><br/>Our correspondent adds that India, China, Brazil are opposing attempts by small island nations to add another protocol to the agreement at the summit level meeting. Off late African stand is seen a bit away from the stand of the emerging and poor economies.<br/>New Delhi has asserted that voluntary domestic emission cuts to tackle the climate change would be checked only by the Country's Parliament.<br/>Meanwhile the Indian proposal to set up climate innovation centers for developing and sharing green technologies has been approved at the conference. One of the Centers will be set up in India. The decision marks a significance progress on the technology front which is one of the focal points of Bali Action Plan.

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