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Image: Mark Thiessen/AP Paris: After two days of hectic parleys and brain storming sessions, the key negotiators have finally managed to clinch a deal, resolving main issues between the rich and developing nations and incorporating the concerns expressed by India, to combat the menace of global climate change.
Reports, Friday, said a new shorter draft finally incorporates several key issues raised by India like "sustainable lifestyle" as the crucial climate change conference entered into the final stretch of talks yesterday. The 27-page draft comprises of all the key issues as options and it will now be placed before the negotiators for night-long negotiation. A final draft of the proposed climate deal will thereafter be released late on Friday.
The Para 16 of the draft agreement specifically refers to these points while flagging that the developed countries would take the lead and play an important role in addressing the climate change. India had long been demanding insertion of lifestyle issue in the agreement ever since the PM Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for it. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar had on Wednesday night made this point during the Paris Committee meeting while reacting on the first draft text.
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