The Union Cabinet has finalised the brief for India's position to be adopted on the issue at the high-level talks at the Copenhagen climate change meet. Sources said that the Cabinet Ministers had thorough discussions on various aspects related to the developments at the global conference and marked red lines for the negotiations will adhere to.<br/><br/>Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will be leaving for Copenhagen on Friday morning to attend the high-level meet while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the Summit on December 18 to push for an ambitious deal. AIR correspondent reports while refusing to take legally binding cuts, India has announced 20-25 per cent emission intensity cuts by 2020 compared to the 2005 levels as a domestic action to show its seriousness to curb the greenhouse gases which are responsible for global warming.<br/><br/>Critics have said that India announced recent carbon intensity cuts only in response to pressure from developed countries. But Shyam Saran, India's top climate negotiator, has maintained that the cuts have nothing to do with international pressure, but were part of India's larger domestic vision for low-carbon intensity growth. If India meets the objectives laid out in the National Action Plan on it will be able to reduce its carbon intensity by 20 to 25 per cent by 2020.<br/><br/>In another important decision approved by the cabinet committee on economic affairs, it has decided to establish a permanent research base at Larsemann Hills region in Antarctica.<br/><br/>The base will be set up during the 11th five-year plan period at a cost of 287 crore rupees.The facilities available at this research base will include a weather observatory, geomagnetic station, a permanent seismological observatory, GPS station and ice-core drilling facilities, among others. The decision comes after the total submergence of India's first research base 'Dakshin Gangotri' following which all scientific activities were managed from the country's second research station 'Maitri'.<br/><br/>