BRIC accepts serious threat of climate change, recommits to UNFCCC goals

BRASILIA - Accepting and acknowledging the serious threat posed by climate change, leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) on Thursday said: “We commit ourselves to promote the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, in Mexico, tochieve a comprehensive, balanced and binding result to strengthen the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol.”

“We believe that the Convention and the Protocol provide the framework for international negotiations on climate change. The negotiations in Mexico should be more inclusive, transparent, and should result in outcomes that are fair and effective in addressing the challenge of climate change, while reflecting the principles of the Convention, especially the principle of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities,” they said. By Ravinder Singh Robin (ANI)