India says link climate to food, energy for G8 deal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A meaningful global deal to fight climate change will be impossible if it is not linked to food and energy security, India will tell the Group of Eight summit, a stand that rich nations say will make a pact difficult.

Climate change is high on the agenda of the annual G8 summit in Japan starting Monday with hopes of a deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that would be acceptable to rich nations and fast-growing economies such as China and India.

“Climate change, energy security and food security are interlinked, and require an integrated approach,” India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said before leaving for the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Monday for the summit.

Reuters