Obama wins second term: Stormy days ahead for climate talks?

NEW DELHI: Barack Obama's re-election could mean difficult days ahead for India on climate change since America is set to play a more pro-active role in pushing for a new global deal by 2015. Fears abound about dilution of the existing principles of the UN climate convention that firewall developing countries from more onerous obligations.

During Obama1, he came to the 2009 — basking in the halo the Nobel — climate talks in Copenhagen negating Kyoto Protocol and voicing stronger opposition to differentiation between developed and developing countries.
"The Nobel created an optical illusion, he said the right words but did exactly what the US had done so far — refuse to submit to Kyoto Protocol, shrug off any responsibility for emissions and demand emerging economies take on a disproportionate burden," an Indian official said.