Closed-Door Meetings Begin On Scrutiny Of Mitigation Actions New Delhi: The Cancun climate change conference has begun to put the horse before the cart, getting into closed-door meetings on international scrutiny of mitigation actions when the rich countries are yet to disclose their emission targets. In a move reminiscent of Copenhagen, the host country, Mexico, organized the first closed-door meeting of select countries to discuss both Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) and mitigation targets. The closed-door meeting of a select few countries does not form part of the UN process and had come under heavy fire in Copenhagen for trying to push decisions down the gullet of smaller countries. The move is causing consternation in Cancun too. Sources said the discussions caused anger in the countries left out because the talks were linking actions of the developed world to the developing countries and giving primacy to the Copenhagen Accord over the main UN talks. While the US has been keen to make the controversial accord the template for all future negotiations, developing countries have resisted the attempt. Even India, which has associated itself with the accord, has made it clear so far that the decisions and outcome of Cancun should originate out of the negotiations to which all countries are party. With the rich countries yet to commit on mitigation targets and finance, it has become a challenge for Mexico to produce some outcome as a facesaver. The attempt to set up a group of select countries to hammer out some document that could show progress is being seen as an attempt by Mexico to sidestep the differences that continue to exist and come out with a formula. BJP criticizes Ramesh BJP has criticized environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh for deviating from India