Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Copenhagen Thursday to renew India's pitch for "a balanced, equitable and ambitious outcome" at the UN climate summit there, reported the Indo-Asian News Service Wednesday.

Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will accompany Singh during the visit to the Danish capital, said the report.

India has announced that it will consider an emission intensity cut of 20 to 25 percent by 2020, but has made clear that it would not be forced into accepting binding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

(Xinhua News Agency December 17, 2009)