Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today while meeting with the President of USA Barack Obama has said that India will fulfill all its responsibilities with regard to climate change.
PM Modi made this statement on the sidelines of the ongoing climate summit in Paris.
Modi, in his meeting with Obama, also appreciated the openness with which the US President addresses issues with him and said it will help in developing a better understanding.
“India will fulfil expectations from it and its responsibilities...the country is working to take forward development and (protecting) environment together,” Modi said at a joint press event with Obama.
The Prime Minister also mentioned India's ambitious target of producing 175 GW of renewable energy.
Prime Minister's comments came in the backdrop of India's strong resentment to US Secretary of State John Kerry's statement that India would be a “challenge” at the climate conference. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar described the comments as “unwarranted”.
Javadekar and Kerry accompanied Modi and Obama respectively along with other senior ministers and officials. Modi also talked about solar alliance initiative saying it will help in fulfiling the dreams which have brought the countries together here.
Ahead of his talks with Obama, Modi had said that there was an urgent need to craft a comprehensive, equitable and durable agreement to limit global warming.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India will work closely with the US on “Mission Innovation” that was launched by US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Sunday, ahead of the Conference of Parties (CoP-21) climate summit that got underway here.
“Mission Innovation” is an initiative to dramatically accelerate public and private global energy innovation to address global climate change, provide affordable clean energy to consumers, including in the developing world and create commercial opportunities in clean energy.
“India will work closely with US on Mission Innovation,” Modi said during a bilateral meeting with Obama on the sidelines of CoP-21.
Modi said that development and preservation should go-hand-in-hand.
“Protecting our climate is a priority for India,” he said.
Obama said that the US and India agreed that climate change was an “urgent threat”.
