New Delhi: The Delhi Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development was unanimously adopted by 169 countries participating in the UN meet with a focus on adaptation, technology transfer and capacity building as demanded by developing nations.

After protracted negotiations, the key demand of developed countries for inclusion of initiating dialogue on further commitments by developing countries upon entry into force of Kyoto Protocol (KP) was dropped from the document following resistance from China and G-77 developing nations including India.

In the declaration "parties that have ratified the KP strongly urged parties that have not already done so to ratify it in a timely manner."

Welcoming the consensus arrived at in finalising the declaration, Conference President and Indian Environment Minister T R Baalu said, "It provides a new direction to our common approach to combat climate change".

PTI