Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, yesterday signalled that China and India should take on more responsibility for tackling climate change, alongside rich countries.
"I support the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities when it comes to climate change," Mr Ban said in Bangkok, meaning that developing countries should carry less of the burden for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. However, in words clearly aimed at China and India, two of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters which carry no obligation to curb emissions under the current Kyoto protocol, he added: "Yet this principle does not mean that developing countries should do nothing."
