India approves new emissions targets to tackle climate change


India is the world's third largest carbon polluter. - AFP

MUMBAI (Reuters): India, the world's third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.

On Wednesday, the Indian federal Cabinet approved the country's new national emissions pledges, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced these goals last year at UN climate talks in Glasgow, but they had not been formalised.

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