Četvrtak, 03. jul 2008. - Objavljeno 20:36 GMT

Indija protiv klimatskih promena

Mr Singh acknowledged that climate change could have a catastrophic impact on the earth's environment. And he said that his one-billion people must now set off down a more sustainable path of development.

He spoke of the need for greater energy efficiency and a gradual move away from fossil fuels. Mr Singh said that harnessing the power of the sun would be central to this strategy.

India has no plans to cut its emissions of carbon. But it argues that - per head of population - its emissions are only a fraction of those of the rich nations.

Alan Johnston, BBC

a catastrophic impact
katastrofalan uticaj, veoma negativan efekat

set off down
pratiti, uslediti

sustainable path of development
održivi put razvoja, dugoročni plan razvoja bez štetnih posledica po životnu sredinu

energy efficiency
efikasno korišćenje energije, bez gubitaka

move away from
prestati sa upotrebom, odbiti korišćenje

harnessing
preuzeti kontrolu i eksploatisati, koristiti

central to
najvažniji element

to cut
smanjiti, umanjiti

per head of population
po glavi stanovnika

a fraction of
veoma mali deo, komadić, parčence