New Delhi: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has admitted its report that global warming may not be the cause of rising natural disasters.
Following IPCC's admission the entire debate on climate change may change but politics on emission cuts continues with the latest coming from the BASIC group of nations including India and China.
Both India and China have agreed to stick to the UN deadline on the Copenhagen Climate Change Accord.
The group of four countries - India, China, South Africa and Brazil - played a crucial role in finalising Copenhagen Accord have finally acceded the accord, as a step closer to the final global deal on climate change.
"Members of the BASIC group have already announced a series of mitigation actions for 2020. The ministers expressed their intention to communicate information on their voluntary mitigation actions to the UNFCCC by January 31, 2010," says Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Copenhagen Accord was a result of last minute negotiations between the BASIC group and the US at the UN led climate summit at Copenhagen that calls for actions to lock the global temperature from rising beyond two degrees Celsius.
At second ministerial level meeting, BASIC group have asked the Climate Summit President to convene meetings of negotiating groups at least five times so that a successful climate treaty is inked at Mexico in November.
The BASIC group has also called for the early flow of pledged $10 billion in 2010 by the developed countries to support poor countries in adapting to climate change.
As a follow up to Copenhagen BASIC group which emerged as a strong alliance at the climate summit has taken a step ahead. The group of four countries has clearly stated that it will report on its voluntary emission cuts by January 31.
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