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Copenhagen conference: India, China plan joint exit – India – The Times of India

‘BEIJING: In an unprecedented move, India on Saturday joined China and two other developing countries to prepare for a major offensive on rich nations at the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month. The four countries, which include Brazil and South Africa, agreed to a strategy that involves jointly walking out of the conference if the developed nations try to force their own terms on the developing world…’

via Copenhagen conference: India, China plan joint exit – India – The Times of India.

More details in a similar article in the Hindu
(Thanks to Julian Wong of the Beijing Energy Network for sourcing this quote):
‘…Particularly, it underscored what were, for India and other developing nations, four “non-negotiables”: The countries would never accept legally binding emissions cuts, unsupported mitigation actions, international measurement, reporting and verification of unsupported mitigation actions, and the use of climate change as a trade barrier.’