br/Ahead of the climate summit next week, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the country's stand on climate change. India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri said today that during the meeting the Principle Secretary T. K. A Nair gave the secretary-general a very detailed presentation of India's views on various issues relating to climate change. Mr. Nair pointed out India's concern for climate change as well as its priorities in terms of enormous developmental challenges, the need for energy security and dependence on fossil fuels for many years to come. The Indian official also noted that New Delhi was looking to access clean technologies at affordable prices and asked Ban to persuade developed countries to share techniques.br/br/Meanwhile, the White House on Thursday emphasised on the need to have countries like India and China on board on climate change. It said this is crucial for success of the Copenhagen meet in December on the issue.br/