In an effort to ensure that the west doesn't control the agenda of COP15 in Copenhagen, developing countries have prepared a 10-page declaration of their non-negotiable demands of their own.
The idea of a counter draft representing the positions of developing nations came from Beijing. Chinese climate negotiators last week wrote up a first text, which underwent revisions on Saturday after India, Brazil and South Africa put forward their specific recommendations.
The draft will be released in Copenhagen by Xie Zhenhua, China’s special envoy for climate change, on December 1, the day Denmark unveils its text to a select group of countries, including India and China.
Glad to see South Africa is taking up its position in BRICS.
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