India and Africa on Wednesday asked the developed counties to take "ambitious actions" to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and also provide finance and technology to the developing counties so that they could effectively address the impact of climate change.
Strongly pitching to preserve the integrity of the international climate change regime, Africa-India Forum Summit 2011 reaffirmed the importance of reaching an agreement on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol.
"We urge the developed counties to take ambitious actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and also provide adequate financing and transfer of technology to support developing counties efforts to effectively address the impact of climate change," a joint statement said.
The Addis Ababa Declaration adopted by the Africa- India Forum Summit here, co-chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Equitorial Guinea President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo also "stressed the importance of the Bali Action Plan of 2007 worked out under the aegis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in this regard."
"We notice the positive aspects of the Cancun Conference Climate Change negotiations in December 2010 and appeal to the developed counties to operationalise all the institutional arrangements included in the Cancun decisions."
It expressed its "firm commitment" to a balanced outcome from the climate change talks which are commensurate with the principles of equity and common, but differentiated responsibilities on the basis of respective capabilities, in the process of COP17 which will be held in Durban, South Africa.
