 Environment ministers, attending the climate summit here, were seen busy on Saturday evening having cursory briefings from their delegations. The ministers were then dispatched in luxurious buses to an official dinner hosted by the summit organisers. Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud arrived at the sprawling luxurious resort, hosting this year's UN climate summit, ahead of the high-level ministerial segment beginning on Monday. He declined to entertain any question 'in the context of' negotiations of the 16th conference of parties to the UN climate convention, where about 190 countries are trying to lay down a roadmap towards an overarching a deal to address global warming and changing weather. The minister, looked exhausted due to his long journey, is set to receive a full briefing on Sunday evening, when all official negotiations will remain suspended and to be kicked off the following morning. While Mahmud chatted with the Bangladeshi delegation about a new text released earlier, Jairam Ramesh, his Indian counterpart, appeared there what generally serves as the main lobby of the Moon Palace. Ramesh was quick to dismiss the Japanese rejection to extend the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 when its first commitment period expires. "It's very unhelpful and I do hope they'll come around," he told bdnews24.com. Equally unwilling to dwell on the finer aspects, he talked about Fast Start Financing, hyped as one of the successes of the last year's summit in Copenhagen, "Its neither fast, nor start, nor financing." Delegation members have, however, indicated that India, and a few other developing countries are keen about money mostly destined to help the poor and vulnerable countries to cope with changing weather. They point out that even as a mechanism for the $30 billion quick funds is being developed along with a similar instrument for the long-term finance of $100 billion, the relevant language in the texts appears to increasingly ignore preferential treatment of the poorest countries and the small island states. This is apparently happening at the behest of G77 & China, a large grouping of over 130 developing countries, where India plays a strong role. Indeed, one of the key players of the entire summit, India's environment minister once again shot down the veiled Japan's suggestion of continuing Kyoto Protocol if major polluters like China and India also agree to reduce their carbon emissions since the deal only addresses less than a third of global emissions. "We will pledge nothing over and beyond what we have in Copenhagen," said Ramesh before getting into the almost full bus to find a seat.