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EU warns of climate change impact on India

Friday, 06 Nov, 2009
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, address a press briefing after signing of an agreement, in New Delhi. -AP Photo

NEW DELHI: Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.

At an annual European Union-India summit, Reinfeldt said India was already feeling the cost of rising global temperatures which had resulted in scanty rain, sudden floods and melting glaciers.

'So we already see all this happening at (an average rise of) 0.7 centigrade' in global temperatures, Reinfeldt told reporters at a press conference in New Delhi, flanked by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.

'What we are trying to achieve in Copenhagen is an agreement to stop the increase (of global temperatures) at two degrees because if we feel this at 0.7 degrees, it will be worse at two degrees.'

He added: 'We will do our part, but we cannot do things alone.'

The EU has committed to reducing its emissions of harmful greenhouse gas by 20 percent from 1990 levels and has said it could increase the target to 30 per cent if an international agreement was reached in Copenhagen.

India has resisted binding emissions targets, while demanding financial aid nd technology to help reduce its output of greenhouse gases. -AFP

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