By Suneel Sinha Sapporo, Japan, July 8: India's foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon said here on Tuesday that it was "for those who have generated the greenhouse gases that are in the environment today to take the cuts to reduce gases. It's not for the developing countries (to do so). Our emissions are minuscule. It is not for us to make long-term binding commitments." Mr Menon was speaking to reporters here on Tuesday evening after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a series of meetings with world leaders. "Our emissions will not exceed that of the developed countries. They (the developed countries) must do what they promised in the Kyoto Protocol," Mr Menon added. "Negotiations for a shared vision on long-term cooperative action at the UNFCCC, including a long-term global goal for greenhouse gases emissions reductions, must be based on an equitable burden sharing paradigm that ensures equal sustainable development potential for all citizens of the world and that takes into account historical responsibility and respective capabilities as a fair and just approach. It is essential that developed countries take the lead in achieving ambitious and absolute greenhouse gas emissions reductions in accordance with their quantified emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, of at least 25-40 per cent range for emissions reductions below 1990 levels by 2020, and, by 2050, by between 80 and 95 per cent below those levels, with comparability of efforts among them," the G-5 declaration said on climate change. "Mankind is at a critical historical crossroad. The potential of globalisation and innovation to raise living standards is unprecedented, but so are social and sustainable development challenges around the world," the declaration stated. "The interrelationships of a global economic slowdown marked by financial uncertainty, the persistence of trade protectionist distortions, soaring food and oil prices, and the threats posed by climate change add complexity to the current scenario. Our increasing interdependence demands an integrated and concerted response to these global challenges. We must ensure development and prosperity on a sustainable path, both within and across nations. That is the historical challenge of our generation. To achieve this fundamental goal, we must act in a coordinated manner to ensure equitable growth with care for the environment, taking appropriate account of cross-border interactions in fulfillment of our shared responsibility," it added. India and China both ask why they should make any binding commitments. "India and China have very similar approaches (on climate change) in international fora. We have been in touch in the past. We feel we should continue with exchanges of opinion and move forward in a fair and equitable way... without affecting growth and development in developing countries," Mr Menon told reporters.