“In India, thorium-based nuclear power will be a vital clean technology. Nuclear energy is benign as far as greenhouse gas emissions are concerned and this should be included in clean development mechanisms. India needs to look at water-saving technologies. This summit will bring forth issues that may be brought up in Copenhagen,” he says.
The Copenhagen summit in December this year will take a relook at the Kyoto Protocol. Before that, countries will meet at three preparatory summits: in Bonn in August, in Bangkok in September-August and in Barcelona in November.