That is why the biggest developing-country polluters, chiefly China and India, were so reluctant to relinquish their freedom to pollute. With most other elements of a deal in place, almost 36 hours after the climate summit was due to have ended, the Indians were the last major obstacle to it. Their particular objection was to the insistence of the EU and its allies that the successor to Kyoto must be legally binding on all countries. Am I to write a blank cheque and sign away the livelihoods and sustainability of 1.2 billion Indians, without even knowing what [the new agreement] contains? asked the Indian environment minister, Jayanti Natarajan. I wonder if this is an agenda to shift the blame on to countries who are not responsible [for climate change].
With the prospect of no deal looming, the Europeans and Indian delegations were urged to go into a huddle in the middle of the conference hall and work out a compromise. They did so and, as per a Brazilian suggestion, agreed that the putative new deal would be a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force.
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