India & Developing Nations Defeat Obama’s Green Agenda

Fresh from India’s “success” at the Nairobi environment conference, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said the country has decided to “reposition” its role in the global stage on climate change issues by intensely “lobbying” for a “good strategic relationship” with like-minded nations on the matter. He said India lobbied with Arab countries, G-77 plus China and BRICS to defeat the US position that Rio principles should not be made part of its final outcome document. “In negotiations, we were active this time. America was saying don’t refer to Kyoto Protocol, CBDR, Rio principles. We resisted that…we lobbied…all Arab countries, BRICS, G-77 plus China…all came together to oppose America’s position and ultimately Rio principles were part of the final outcome document,” he said. --Times of India, 30 June 2014