U.S., India agree growth, climate protection must go 'hand in hand'

[Vikrant]

This is a reasonable approach.

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Nov 30 U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that India had to be able to grow and fight poverty, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to ensure development would be coupled with environmental protection.

One of the stumbling blocks to getting an inclusive agreement to fight climate change has been the United States' reluctance to accept that some countries should be obliged to do more than others, while nations such as India have objected to restrictions on their development.

After talks with Modi on the sidelines of a U.N. summit on climate change in Paris, Obama told reporters he and Modi had agreed climate change was an urgent threat and also that India also had to be able to grow.

In return, Modi said he would work "to ensure that development and environmental protection go hand in hand".

U.S., India agree growth, climate protection must go 'hand in hand'

 

[Vikrant]

India, US to work closely on Mission Innovation

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".

"A meeting between @POTUS (President of the United States) and PM @narendramodi on the sidelines of @COP21," PMO India tweeted ahead of delegation-level talks between the two sides.

Earlier on Monday, Modi held bilateral meetings with French President Francois Hollande and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and a brief meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

After inaugurating the India Pavilion at the summit, the Indian prime minister also attended a lunch hosted by Hollande for the visiting world leaders.

India, US to work closely on Mission Innovation

 

[Geaux4it]

This climate crap is insane. The dicks need to get a job and quit having parties about unicorns

-Geaux

 

[Vikrant]

This climate crap is insane. The dicks need to get a job and quit having parties about unicorns

-Geaux

We need to continue to make innovations that will help us build cleaner world. This does not mean we need to stop all development till we have modern clean technologies. This simply means that we need to continue to make efforts towards harvesting alternative energy sources such as solar power, wind power, nuclear power derived from newer cleaner means.