Ramesh Pathania / Mint Moving beyond domestic policies to international negotiations on climate change, Singh signalled that India would be proactive in the global effort to find solutions, but reminded the audience that industrialized countries accounted for the bulk of the greenhouse gas emissions. "Climate change is a reality. It is today a global problem. We are as much affected in some ways more affected, than some other countries ... It is our hope that while all the countries would be required to contribute according to their capacities and abilities, the world’s major economies will be prepared to create an environment in which long-term capital flows will become available for mitigation and also a technology regime is put in place where developing countries would access at affordable costs." Financing technologies for climate change mitigation has been a key item on the agenda of the last two Group of Twenty (G-20) meetings. Full Article at livemint.com