Singh admits climate talks a let-down

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NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who successfully fought against binding caps on emissions at the Copenhagen climate talks, admitted Sunday that all parties involved were unhappy with the results.
Singh told a science conference in the city of Thiruvananthapuram that world leaders "were able to make only limited progress at the Copenhagen summit and no one was satisfied with the outcome.
"There is no escaping the truth that the nations of the world have to move to a low greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficient development path," he said.
At last month's talks, India and other emerging nations such as China thwarted plans for legally binding emissions caps, arguing the importance of maintaining rapid economic growth.
India insists that developed countries, blamed for most global warming thus far, should bear the burden of mitigating its future effects.
India's per capita emissions are among the lowest globally as much of the country is without power, but in volume terms it is still among the top five carbon emitters.