Initial expectations for Copenhagen have been scaled back to try to reach political agreement on a framework, with a detailed, binding treaty to follow.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

India's stance, going into the Copenhagen summit, which begins December 6, is that poorer nations should be exempt from legally binding caps on carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

But now executive secretary of the U.N.Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer says any decision taken next month in Copenhagen will instead be "morally binding."

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

But observers say India and China remain wary of accepting legally binding emission cuts at a time when they are making their presence felt on the global economic scene.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The Clinton visit was not without discord, with India saying flatly Sunday it intends to stand firm against western demands that it accept binding limitations on the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20