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BEIJING: India and China on Monday agreed to jointly fight any attempt by western nations to link trade with climate change issues and impose
trade-related penalties on developing countries failing to meet environmental standards.
Jairam Ramesh, India’s minister of state for environment and forest, bluntly asked Chinese officials whether they will stick to New Delhi during the climate talks in Copenhagen next December. India is worried that high-pressure attempts by western nations to get developing countries to deviate from their stand might bear fruit.
"The Chinese side has assured me there will be no change in its stand. I think there is total convergence of views between India and China on the issue of climate change," Ramesh said after meeting Xie Zhen Hua, vice chairman of China’s National Development Reforms Commission.
Xie briefed the Indian delegation, which included environment secretary Vijai Sharma and climate change negotiator R.R.Reshmi, about a recent China-US accord on climate change issues. He assured Indian officials that the accord was on renewal energy and technological collaboration and nothing else should be read into it.
In a significant move, the two countries have agreed to coordinate their views on different aspects of climate change before every major international meeting on the subject. These conclusions reached between Ramesh and Xie are expected to be spelt out in the form of an agreement in the coming days.
Both countries want to negotiate with the West for higher levels of financial assistance and technology transfer in return for promises to do their best to tackle environmental problems. China remains committed to the principal of "common but differentiated responsibilities" of developed and developing nations, Ramesh said.
But they would not agree to any legal binding on reducing emission norms because it would come in the way of their development goals. India and China will also not agree to the creation of any trade barriers on the excuse of climate change.
Ramesh suggest that China consider reducing carbon dioxide levels in power plants supplied by it to India. This would be part of the mitigation activities that the two countries expect to carry out jointly.
Meanwhile, Xie told the standing committee of the National People’s Congress today that the government will display "utmost sincerity" in pushing for the success of climate talks in Copenhagen. He did not reveal what public stand China will take besides its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which laid the principal of "common but differentiated responsibilities" for developed and developing nations.
Jairam Ramesh, India’s minister of state for environment and forest, bluntly asked Chinese officials whether they will stick to New Delhi during the climate talks in Copenhagen next December. India is worried that high-pressure attempts by western nations to get developing countries to deviate from their stand might bear fruit.
"The Chinese side has assured me there will be no change in its stand. I think there is total convergence of views between India and China on the issue of climate change," Ramesh said after meeting Xie Zhen Hua, vice chairman of China’s National Development Reforms Commission.
Xie briefed the Indian delegation, which included environment secretary Vijai Sharma and climate change negotiator R.R.Reshmi, about a recent China-US accord on climate change issues. He assured Indian officials that the accord was on renewal energy and technological collaboration and nothing else should be read into it.
In a significant move, the two countries have agreed to coordinate their views on different aspects of climate change before every major international meeting on the subject. These conclusions reached between Ramesh and Xie are expected to be spelt out in the form of an agreement in the coming days.
Both countries want to negotiate with the West for higher levels of financial assistance and technology transfer in return for promises to do their best to tackle environmental problems. China remains committed to the principal of "common but differentiated responsibilities" of developed and developing nations, Ramesh said.
But they would not agree to any legal binding on reducing emission norms because it would come in the way of their development goals. India and China will also not agree to the creation of any trade barriers on the excuse of climate change.
Ramesh suggest that China consider reducing carbon dioxide levels in power plants supplied by it to India. This would be part of the mitigation activities that the two countries expect to carry out jointly.
Meanwhile, Xie told the standing committee of the National People’s Congress today that the government will display "utmost sincerity" in pushing for the success of climate talks in Copenhagen. He did not reveal what public stand China will take besides its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which laid the principal of "common but differentiated responsibilities" for developed and developing nations.