BASIC group vindicated at Copenhagen Climate Conference

With world leaders at the Copenhagen climate conference reportedly agreeing to a last-minute deal to combat global warming, but conceding that the watered-down accord has not gone far enough, developing countries like India, China, Brazil and South Africa, and the Group of 77 countries appear to have been vindicated

With world leaders at the Copenhagen climate conference reportedly agreeing to a last-minute deal to combat global warming, but conceding that the watered-down accord has not gone far enough, developing countries like India, China, Brazil and South Africa, and the Group of 77 countries appear to have been vindicated.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Special Envoy on Climate Change, Shyam Saran, said that the BASIC group of countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) has "very common perceptions with regard to what is the nature of the outcome from this conference".u00a0 The accord declared that "deep cuts in emissions are required".

Instead of a detailed pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2050, leaders agreed only to the vague promise to limit the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees C. US President Barack Obama admitted that "a deadlock in perspectives" had undermined the talks. US reached a non-legal binding climate deal with BASIC. The Indian PM is on his way back to India.

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