Kolkata, Aug 28 - India Friday said some of the proposals the developed countries were making on emission controls were a major departure from their commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.

'Somehow a negative impression is being created that India and other developing countries are refusing to take on climate change. That's not the case,' the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran said here.

'As per the UNFCCC, reducing emissions is largely the responsibility of industrialised countries. But they are not even adhering to the legally binding regulations,' he said on the sidelines of the Environment and Energy Conclave organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Saran also contested the view that the success or failure of talks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen Dec 7-18 depended on the issue of current emissions.

'Climate change is taking place largely because of greenhouse gas emissions. Most of it is from the developed and industrialised nations. Should we ignore that and focus only on current emissions?' Saran asked.

'To say current emissions needed to be reduced means putting a cap on development. A large number of our population still does not have access to electricity. We need to bring electricity to their homes.'

He said it was the considered stand of all the developing countries that any outcome at Copenhagen should be equitable.