The crucial climate change summit to draw up a new plan to tackle global warming that will replace the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 will begin in Copenhagen on Monday.
Though not much was expected to emerge at the end of the 12-day meet until recently, hopes of some kind of a consensus on a political commitment have been kindled with world leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, deciding to attend the meeting on the last two days.
Over 100 countries, including the United States, China, France and India, are participating in the negotiations.
However, a Danish proposal is being seen as a contentious issue as it sets 2025 as the deadline for all nations to cap their emissions.
The draft proposal prepared by the host nation removes the distinction between the developed and developing countries and will be disastrous for India and other developing countries.
