"Obama And Modi Talk Climate in World’s Most Polluted City"

"NEW DELHI — In the world’s most polluted city, a layer of smog hangs over everything, thicker year after year.

Dirty exhaust pours out of the more than seven million cars clogging the streets. Smoke from the open fires built for heating and cooking fills the air. White plumes puff steadily out of tall towers at the coal-fired power plants.

Thus, it’s no surprise that after the United States and China, the world’s two largest carbon emitters, reached a historic climate change deal in November, attention quickly turned to the third: India.

After meeting here Sunday, President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a modest agreement on clean energy. It included a reduction in hydrofluorocarbons used as a coolant and an aerosol propellant, and an increase in solar and wind energy that India had already announced. The United States agreed to help finance solar energy production in India.

India did not announce a cut in carbon emissions."

Anita Kumar reports for the McClatchy Washington Bureau January 24, 2015.

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"Narendra Modi Dismisses Calls for India To Match China's Climate Goal" (Los Angeles Times)

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"Fact Sheet: U.S. and India Climate and Clean Energy Cooperation" (White House)

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"U.S. And India Announce New Ties On First Day Of Obama's Trip" (NPR)

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"Modi Shifts on Climate Change With India Renewables Goal" (Bloomberg)

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