India has got the issue of 'equity' – the bedrock of its climate stance -- back on the international agenda after it had been all but smacked out of discussions at the Cancun meet in 2010.
The subject has now been put back on the provisional agenda for the next big jamboree at Durban slated for the end of the year.
India, along with other developing countries, has long demanded that all countries should have their atmospheric space allocated based on a per capita endowment. They have consistently pointed out that the emissions from the developed world occupy more than their fair share of carbon space in the atmosphere and should be reduced substantially to vacate space for growing economies.
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