PM Modi To Attend UN Climate Summit In Glasgow, Says Environment Minister
NDTV
Chief economic adviser KV Subramanian last month said rich nations needed to commit much more than $100 billion to help poor countries fight climate change
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN climate summit in Glasgow, the environment minister said on Thursday, in a boost for efforts to agree steeper emissions cuts in the fight on global warming.
India is world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and PM Modi's participation in the COP26 event, set to begin on October 31, was seen as critical, amid uncertainty whether Chinese President Xi Jinping would attend.
Both nations, which have not yet come forward with stronger pledges to cut emissions, known as nationally determined contributions or NDCs, face pressure to do so at the conference.
"The prime minister is going to Glasgow," Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said in an interview, adding that the country was doing more than its bit in tackling climate change.
