The European Union (EU) wants countries meeting at a conference in June under the UN's Rio+20 mechanism to double their share of renewable energy by 2030 under an international obligation. It also wants countries like India to agree to double its energy efficiency levels under an international understanding.
 
 World leaders are to gather in Rio de Janeiro in June for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20 in policy circles. A proposal for 'sustainable development goals' has been put on the table for the meeting which India has already opposed. But EU's Climate Commissioner Connie Hedergaard recently backed the proposal saying it should be one of the deliverables from the meeting. She was speaking to media on a visit to Delhi.
 
 India believes that such a proposal breaches the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and impinges on its right to growth. It also believes this is a backdoor move to impose targets on developing countries that the developed world has failed to do through the UN climate talks.