Indian Express
Saturday, Dec 26th, 2009
With many rich nations failing to
meet Kyoto Protocol goals, top climate expert R K Pachauri on Wednesday
said a “stronger and firmer” regime envisaging punitive
action against the defaulters awaits in a new climate treaty, whenever
it is framed. “Kyoto Protocol did not work as it does not
have provisions for stringent measures against the defaulters.
“But there is clearly strong expression (among global
community) for punitive measures of sort against those countries that
don’t meet their commitments,” Pachauri said noting that
the rich nations were not serious in taking any legally binding
commitments.
“They (developed countries) just want to push the burden on
the developing countries which have done pretty well to combat climate
change, whether it was taking up CDM projects or submitting national
communication on climate change to the UN…,” he told
reporters.
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