India stops US attempt to sneak “scrutiny” into climate talks - The Hindu

India has caught out an American attempt to go back on an agreement not to push for international “scrutiny” of voluntary attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, negotiated between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, U.S. President Barack Obama and the heads of government of China, Brazil and South Africa at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen last December.

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Though the U.S. quickly changed tack when India protested, some negotiators here say the attempt to smuggle in already-discarded language vindicates their fears that compromises made by developing countries at Copenhagen signalled a “dangerous opening of the door.” World leaders had discussed, in a marathon bargaining session, how to describe the international monitoring of voluntary mitigation actions by developing countries, which were not funded by outside sources. Agreeing that Mr. Ramesh made “a fair point,” Mr. Stern promised to look into the issue. On February 26, the U.S. revised its submission to the UNFCCC, replacing “scrutiny” with “international consultations and analysis.” However, some Indian negotiators say that developing countries have only themselves to blame.

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