India today said the bloc of 77 developing countries (G77) and China remained "united" and there was broad consensus on all major aspects of a potential new climate change treaty.
India today said the bloc of 77 developing countries (G77) and China remained "united" and there was broad consensus on all major aspects of a potential new climate change treaty.
"Our impression is that all the G77 and China group of countries are actually working together very closely. On all major issues we are united," Shyam Saran, prime minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy on climate change, said.
"There are some specific issues where there may be some different perspective but as far as the broad issues are concerned there is no difference of opinion," he told PTI.
The issues include primacy of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), common but differentiated responsibility, Bali Action Plan, scaled up financial resources and more significant emissions reduction by developed countries.
He was responding to questions on media reports that the G77 and China were fragmented on climate change.
He said he had very good meetings with the Chinese delegation and the African Group during his stay here.
"There is very close coordination between China and India as we have with other major developing countries. As far as all the key issues is concerned there is no difference of opinion," he said. A senior Indian negotiator told PTI that differences had emerged but countries within the G77 were working productively to fix the draft.
The draft was currently being reviewed by the Africa Group, who were not satisfied with the draft and would suggest changes to it especially on the adaptation front.
Saran, however, noted that Africa Group's demands in certain areas are more ambitious than the G77 and China positions.
"We sympathise with that because Africa is an area which will be impacted most by climate change and they have least contributed to the phenomenon of climate change," Saran said.
"What we have tried to do is create a framework which can be further fleshed out within discussions with the African Group within the other groups within G77 and China," he said.
Meanwhile, the Alliance Of Small Island States (AOSIS) who are unhappy with the text since it does not address vulnerabilities of these countries are also expected to come out with a draft treaty.
Negotiators from 192 countries have come to Copenhagen to hammer out a climate change Treaty as the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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