Climate change pact signed by Obama and India's PM

Russia News.Net
Wednesday 25th November, 2009

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India have launched their commitment to combating climate change.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the White House by the two men to increase cooperation on energy security, clean energy, and climate change.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a state visit to Washington, said both countries would work together to make promote renewable energy.

The two leaders said India needed clean energy economies to drive investment, job creation, and economic growth and made a commitment to support public and private intiatives to invest in clean energy projects on the sub-continent.

India, in conjunction with China, has rejected mandated cuts in carbon emissions, saying rich, developed nations should lead the way in cutting greenhouse gases so its own economic growth could continue.

The US and India have agreed that the Copenhagen climate conference, in December, should involve targets for emission cuts for developed countries but lesser actions, such as improving energy efficiency, for developing countries.

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