Lima deal saves climate talks, India satisfied Vishwa Mohan,TNN | Dec 15, 2014, 05.18 AM IST
LIMA: A compromise draft on national pledges to cut global carbon emissions saved the UN climate talks from a collapse and kept hopes alive for a global deal in Paris next year to combat climate change. After a marathon 13-day conference of parties (COP), negotiators on Sunday adopted the draft that addressed India's concerns and set the roadmap for a new binding deal.
Though the outcome is not on expected lines, it somehow managed to keep red lines for all countries- developed and developing. The agreement — Lima Call for Climate Action — paves the way for all nations to submit their 'nationally determined' pledge for emission cuts and adaptation measures by October next year — not by June, 2015 that was expected after last year's Warsaw talks.
Though it doesn't give an ambitious roadmap for climate finance, it addresses the concerns of developing countries by keeping 'adaptation' clause intact and not diluting the basic principles — CBDRs — of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. The contentious issues will, however, come up again during the Paris talks ahead of the final agreement. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Lima-deal-saves-climate-talks-India-satisfied/articleshow/45517359.cms
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