<p>The 12-day climate talks spilled overnight with consensus eluding on a substantive agreement and world leaders delayed their departures to meet again to find common ground amid serious attempts by rich nations to break the ranks of the developing countries.<br /><br />The leaders of the group of four -- India, China, South Africa, and Brazil (BASIC) -- met again as the deadlock continued.<br /><br />"The concerns of the developing countries was the verification of their nationally accountable mitigation actions," an official privy to the talks said.<br /><br />The developing countries felt that any international review of their voluntary mitigation actions would mean an intrusion on their sovereignty.<br /><br />Several drafts went back and forth as Obama waited for the BASIC leaders to conclude their discussions. The rich nations were also pressing for a 50 per cent emission cut across the board, which the developing nations were not ready to accept. <br /><br />The talks among BASIC now revolved around agreeing on a formulation for reporting of mitigation actions with some expressing readiness to increase the frequency of national communication to the United Nations on steps they had taken to tackle global warming.<br /><br />At this stage Obama came knocking at the doors of the room where BASIC leaders were having a meeting. 'Can I join you now,' he asked them. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was welcome to join them.<br /><br />The BASIC leaders conveyed to him their concerns on environment issues being used as trade barriers as also their unwillingness to agree to 50 per cent emission cuts.<br /><br />Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Obama that he cannot accept any international review of India's mitigation actions. He underscored that India was a Parliamentary democracy and his government was answerable to Parliament.<br /><br />At this stage Obama is understood to have mooted a legally non-binding treaty but the Europeans, who were keen on a legally-binding pact needed to be on board.<br /><br />Another suggestion doing the rounds was to have international consultations on the lines of the WTO for sharing information on mitigation actions.<br /><br />Leaders believed that international consultations was an accepted phrase in the multilateral fora.<br /><br />The negotiators were still going through the minute details of the draft and PM's Special Envoy Shyam Saran stayed back in the Danish capital.</p>
<p>The 12-day climate talks spilled overnight with consensus eluding on a substantive agreement and world leaders delayed their departures to meet again to find common ground amid serious attempts by rich nations to break the ranks of the developing countries.<br /><br />The leaders of the group of four -- India, China, South Africa, and Brazil (BASIC) -- met again as the deadlock continued.<br /><br />"The concerns of the developing countries was the verification of their nationally accountable mitigation actions," an official privy to the talks said.<br /><br />The developing countries felt that any international review of their voluntary mitigation actions would mean an intrusion on their sovereignty.<br /><br />Several drafts went back and forth as Obama waited for the BASIC leaders to conclude their discussions. The rich nations were also pressing for a 50 per cent emission cut across the board, which the developing nations were not ready to accept. <br /><br />The talks among BASIC now revolved around agreeing on a formulation for reporting of mitigation actions with some expressing readiness to increase the frequency of national communication to the United Nations on steps they had taken to tackle global warming.<br /><br />At this stage Obama came knocking at the doors of the room where BASIC leaders were having a meeting. 'Can I join you now,' he asked them. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was welcome to join them.<br /><br />The BASIC leaders conveyed to him their concerns on environment issues being used as trade barriers as also their unwillingness to agree to 50 per cent emission cuts.<br /><br />Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Obama that he cannot accept any international review of India's mitigation actions. He underscored that India was a Parliamentary democracy and his government was answerable to Parliament.<br /><br />At this stage Obama is understood to have mooted a legally non-binding treaty but the Europeans, who were keen on a legally-binding pact needed to be on board.<br /><br />Another suggestion doing the rounds was to have international consultations on the lines of the WTO for sharing information on mitigation actions.<br /><br />Leaders believed that international consultations was an accepted phrase in the multilateral fora.<br /><br />The negotiators were still going through the minute details of the draft and PM's Special Envoy Shyam Saran stayed back in the Danish capital.</p>
