India, U.S. agree for climate change pact

Climate change on top of Clinton’s agenda
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State reiterated the need for both countries to work together on issues of global concern including climate change.

Although, during her two-day visit to New Delhi, Clinton had a host of issues to discuss, however, climate change seemed to be on top of her priority list.

Clinton warned of melting glaciers and rising seas while stressing on the need for India to take an immediate action to curb its carbon emissions.

Clinton visited ITC Green Centre Building in Gurgaon it is an environment-friendly and energy-efficient building.

She reassured India that United States is quite aware of the needs of the developing nations and hence, would not, in any way, curb India’s growth and development.

Meanwhile, India has reiterated the fact that it will not accept any legal bindings to cut down its emissions.

“India's position is clear and categorical that we are simply not in a position to take any legally binding emissions reductions,” stated Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh at a conference on climate change in ITC, Gurgaon.