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ReutersIndia to resist Bush pressure on global warmingSun Jun 3, 2007 4:08 PM IST
By Y.P. Rajesh
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, one of the world's top polluters,
will not accept equal responsibility to cut emissions and combat
climate change despite U.S. President George W. Bush's proposal
for a deal among top emitters, officials said on Sunday.
Bush, under fire for resisting tough action on global warming,
last week called on 15 influential countries -- led by the United
States, China, Russia and India -- to agree by the end of 2008
on a long-term goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The issue is a key topic of discussion at this week's G8 summit
in Germany, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to
come under pressure from Bush and leaders of other developed
nations to do more to curb emissions.
-snip-India would work on a plan to propose a system under which
responsibility to cut emissions would be differentiated depending
on historical levels and per capita pollution, he said, without
setting a deadline.
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