Both Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and the prime minister’s special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran were conspicuous by their absence at an international conference for environmental journalists in the capital.
Scribes from over a dozen countries were keen to know what India’s stand was ahead of the crucial Copenhagen meeting, especially after it announced that reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions was as much as a part of its climate change strategy as adaptation efforts.
Was India willing to walk the talk on its nuanced shift – this was the million-dollar question scribes had. However, after articulating India’s position at various international forums, Ramesh and Saran made themselves scarce.
The buzz, though, is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to convene an all-party meeting and that of chief ministers to enunciate the country’s nuanced shift.
