Critics at home may rail at his reported move to soften India's stand on climate change, but the US and Britain have words of praise for Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's attempts to position New Delhi as a deal maker.

The efforts by Ramesh and the Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran were noted by the heads of the British and US delegations on Monday at the close of a two-day meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Climate Change.