India to ratify Paris climate pact Oct 2
India, the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, will ratify the Paris climate change pact next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, bringing the deal a step closer to reality.
Modi said India will formally join the landmark accord struck in 2015 in Paris, through which countries commit to take action to stem the planet's rising temperatures.
The accord needs ratification from 55 countries that account for at least 55 percent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change.
"Ratification is yet to be done and India too is yet to do it. I announce that India will ratify the decision on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," Modi said in a speech at a national meeting of his ruling party in the southern state of Kerala.
Modi said he had chosen that date because Indian independence leader Gandhi had lived his life with a low carbon footprint.
The treaty moved closer to taking effect earlier this month when a string of countries joined during the UN General Assembly.
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