Surprise! Modi Changes His Mind and Ratifies Climate Agreement

In an unexpected announcement this weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would join 60 other nations in ratifying the Paris Climate Change Agreement. His statement came after a government official said the country would not be ready to ratify the agreement before 2017.

The agreement, written about a year ago, pledges to address climate change by limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and invest in technologies that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

China and USA have already ratified the agreement.

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