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11/09/2009 11:05 AM
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India Taking Leadership Role on Climate Change
SustainableBusiness.com News
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Washington later this month for his first summit visit with US president Barack Obama.
India has a history of troubled relations with the US and other developed Western nations, but is repositioning itself as a cooperative global power. This new stance is most obvious in its attitude on climate change, according to a recent Newsweek article.
In September, India softened its negotiation stance for a climate change treaty, in an effort to reach an accord with developed nations. And Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announced that the country would voluntarily curtail future emissions, even without a global pact or financial support from the West.
Ramesh said in Copenhagen in December, India would "be a deal maker, not a deal breaker."
Read the full article at the link below.
Website: www.newsweek.com/id/221588
