India blows away ABC from UN agenda

India prevented the United Nations Environment Programme from taking any decision on the controversial Asian Brown Cloud issue at the latter...

India prevented the United Nations Environment Programme from taking any decision on the controversial Asian Brown Cloud issue at the latter’s crucial governing council meeting in Kenya recently.

At the meeting, India stuck to its stand that the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), which threw light on ABC, a dirty cloud of aerosols and other particulates over the Indian Ocean region, was not based on decisions of the governing council but were part of ongoing scientific studies.

‘‘The draft decision on ABC, the most contentious item on the agenda of the governing council of UNEP, was dropped from consideration,’’ said an official release.

The Indian delegation had feared that the rich nations would use the brown cloud as a pretext to force developing nations like it to undertake commitments to reduce emissions, which would have had adverse effects on the economy. The team had planned to ask UNEP to conduct similar studies elesewhere if it did not agree to delete the ABC from its agenda.

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