The Lima agreement asks nations to commit to reducing greenhouse gases but recognizes that developing countries have 'differentiated responsibilities After 13 days of intense drama, unexpected confrontations and backroom negotiations, 196 countries on Sunday adopted an agreement called the Lima Call to Climate Action. In doing so, participants ensured that the conference was not a failure. But the Lima agreement is not a success either, being a weak document with little progress from previous climate pacts. However, the agreement does give India and other developing countries some cause for cheer. The text recognises their demand for common but differentiated responsibilities in tackling climate change. In a statement on Sunday, India's environment minister Prakash Javadekar who was in Lima said in a statement that the final draft "has addressed the concerns of developing countries and mainly the efforts of some countries to re-write the convention has not fructified...This final draft has paved the way for a Paris Agreement to be arrived next year on the basis of principles of equity and differentiated responsibility

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