CLIMATE- LD INDIA 2LST

Pushing hardest for a legally binding treaties are
small island nations, which are the most vulnerable to climate
change.
Countries in India's vicinity - Bangladesh, Maldives,
Bhutan and Nepal - are also supporting a legally binding
agreement.
India's close allies on the climate change issue -
Brazil and South Africa - are also in favor of a legally
binding agreement, which is causing divisions within the BASIC
group.
With the conference closing on Friday, India has
objected to raising the issue so late in the day.
It has also said that currently it is important to
concentrate on the Kyoto Protocol, which is the only legally
binding treaty on climate change, but its future is uncertain
since several countries want to abandon it. MORE PTI