India-China Partnership on Combating Climate Change to strengthen bilateral dialogue poses toughest challenge to US and Europe
Special Correspondent
Oct. 21, 2009

The two countries also agreed to establish the India-China Partnership on Combating Climate Change to strengthen their bilateral dialogue and practical cooperation on climate change. The agreement also calls for annual meetings of scientists and economists and joint research and development programmes in areas of solar and wind energy, coal technology and forestry. “We are discussing further what the two countries should be doing for a successful outcome at Copenhagen,” said Ramesh, who also held a bilateral meeting with Xie.

The agreement, which comes ahead of a United Nations climate-change summit to be held in Copenhagen this December, was signed by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Xie Zhenhua. China’s NDRC and India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests will be designated authority for implementation of this agreement.

“The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) is first of its kind for both China and India and the cooperation had fructified within the short span of less than a month. There is virtually no difference between Indian and Chinese negotiating positions on international climate treaties,” said Ramesh in a statement.

“The implementation of the MoA will usher in a new scenario and take cooperation on climate change between the two countries to a new high. The agreement will also keep the Indian side informed on China’s policies on climate change and at the same time help share best practices to improve the approach to deal with the issues involved,” Xie said through an interpreter

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