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    179 : India and China at Cancun: A New Approach to Climate?

    Amitendu Palit, Head (Development & Programmes) and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS

    13 December 2010

    The decisions at the Cancun conference on climate change have been accepted positively by the international community. China and India refrained from taking obstructionist positions at Cancun. This paper argues that such posturing does not indicate their dilution of commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities' in global action on climate change.