Click to play videoCopenhagen: The climate change talks in Copenhagen are being called a flop show now. Just two days are left for the summit to end but there is no deal yet as developed and developing countries battle it out over responsibility, money and emissions.
Pressure is mounting on the world to come up with a new deal to tackle climate change but at COP15 clear lines are drawn between the developing and developed countries.
"BASIC countries are basic reality. We will resist in an united manner any manipulation, any attempt to hijack the mandate of Kyoto Protocol or to give a new meaning to it or to weaken UNFCCC/ Kyoto or Bali Action Plan," said Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
The division is over the Kyoto Protocol puts the onus of cutting carbon emissions on industrialised countries.
But rich countries are instead asking developing countries to take on binding carbon cuts and subject their domestic actions to international scrutiny.
With this the possibility of a deal this year looks bleak.
Ramesh has emphasised that India will not accept any bullying by developed nations but India continues to say that the country will be taking actions domestically which are not legally binding.
Another source of controversy is on monitoring, reporting and verification called as MRV.
Ramesh has stated that India has its own robust system of monitoring, reporting and verification which is more than sufficient.
The G77 bloc of countries also wants the richer nations to finance poorer countries for tackling climate change. But the US is not yet ready for it nor is it willing to make drastic carbon cuts
"I'm not anticipating any change in the mitigation. I think that's something that the President (Barack Obama) announced just a few weeks ago" US climate envoy Todd Stern said.
Just two days are left for the world leaders to ink a new pact on climate change and it looks certain now that they will miss the deadline to save the planet.
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