"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday that the country will ratify the Paris Agreement early next month, giving the climate pact a major boost needed to go into effect this year.

Modi made the announcement at the Bharatiya Janata Party council meet, local outlets The Times of India and The New Indian Express reported. He said India will sign the agreement on Oct. 2, which is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.

As a major player in the global economy and the world’s third-largest carbon polluter ― behind China and the United States ― India’s participation is critical to putting the agreement into action. U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz hailed Modi’s announcement as a “major milestone” on Sunday."

Lydia O’Connor reports for the Huffington Post September 25, 2016. [2]

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