NEW DELHI 13 Mar 2008, The appointment of former foreign secretary Shyam Saran as the PM’s special envoy on climate change is a signal of a government looking ahead to a new administration in the US that might seek to renegotiate the nuclear deal with India. India is increasingly using the climate change argument to push forward its nuclear deal.On a more local level, the appointment also shows that MEA has won the turf war within the Indian system about which should be the nodal ministry to deal with climate change issues with the rest of the world. In fact, within MEA, climate change, which is now regarded as a significant foreign policy issue, is handled directly by foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. More >>>
