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Brown seeks India’s support on climate deal

LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will seek Manmohan Singh’s support in helping to break the deadlock over climate change negotiations ahead of next month’s crucial Copenhagen meeting.

Speaking to a group of London-based Commonwealth journalists, Mr. Brown said he looked forward to meeting Mr. Singh, whom he described as a “great friend”, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Trinidad and Tobago at the weekend.

He said, coming as it did barely weeks from the Copenhagen conference, CHOGM offered an opportunity for some of the richest and poorest countries to discuss issues holding up a global agreement. He admitted that funding climate change remained one of the main obstacles as developed countries continued to dither over the amount of money they were willing to offer to developing countries. But, he claimed,if a breakthrough was achieved at CHOGM a global agreement could still be reached at Copenhagen.

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