Showing posts with label COP15. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

India and China Bail on Copenhagen Accord


India and China have had time to rethink the Copenhagen Accord and they aren't interested in signing.

The Hindu reported:

An Indian official said that though the government had been thinking of signing the accord because it “did not have any legal teeth and would be good diplomatically”; it felt irked because of repeated messages from both UN officials and developed countries to accede to it.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seeking a number of clarifications on the implications of the accord that India ...