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Move over boys and girls, the men are here: the future of climate negotiations and why India wants the Accord
<p>Somebody recently asked me why India supported the Copenhagen Accord. It is correct to say that the proposed accord has no meaningful targets for emission reduction from Annex 1 (industrialized countries). Global emissions will increase or reduce at best marginally. So it will be bad for the world’s efforts to combat climate change. We are victims of climate change.
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Copenhagen Accord: US, China submissions and more
<p><strong>Copenhagen Accord: country submissions </strong><br /> <br /> By now, Australia, US, China and EU have all sent their letters to UNFCCC secretariat regarding their ‘willingness to support’ the Copenhagen Accord or not. It is interestingly to break down the communication and to read between the lines. <br /> <br />
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Glaciating the climate debate
<p>The recent controversy on the IPCC report regarding Himalayan glaciers has been all over the media.
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Copenhagen Accord letters continued: India
<p><b>India (letter dated January 30, 2010, National Focal Point to Yvo de Boer)</b> Late Saturday night (<a href="http://moef.nic.in/index.php">around 9.30 pm reportedly from the media release</a>), the Indian government sent a letter to the UNFCCC secretariat in Bonn.<br /> <br />
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Low carbon or new development model?
<p>The last two years have seen a flurry of reports that have projected the long-term greenhouse gas emissions trajectory of India, and how the country can go low-carbon and help solve the climate change crisis.