The group presented its common position document for the summit at a preparatory meeting with negotiators from developed countries in Copenhagen on 1 December. “There are two different positions on the the table and the process is now to see if there’s some common ground,” said Wills. However, he declined to give details on the document.
On 30 December, India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that a proposal circulated by hosts Denmark was “clearly unacceptable.”