Business Standard / New Delhi Nov 18, 2009, 00:27 IST
The bigger battle on global warming appears to be within the country itself (‘Cooperate on climate change, PM tells Saran, Ramesh’, November 17) since the two people in charge of India’s negotiating strategy at Copenhagen are not united on what their line has to be. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done well to ask them to come up with a common position. While Ramesh feels that India needs to move forward from the Kyoto position, Saran’s view is that Kyoto is what best suits India’s interests.
But asking the two to come to a common position is easier said than done. Ramesh also understands that Kyoto helps protect India’s interests, but his view is that this will not be enough to get the US on board. It is this view that has to be either rejected or accepted, and that is something only the PM can do. Asking Saran and Ramesh to decide on this is ducking the issue.
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