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Obama and Modi reach climate agreement

  • Märkte: Emissions
  • 02.10.14

The US and India are committed to creating a binding climate deal next year, a joint statement from the two nations said.

US president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks in Washington, DC, yesterday, at which they recognised the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving resilience in the face of climate change.

Their respective nations will look forward to a "successful outcome" for climate action at the 21st Conference of the Parties (Cop 21) in Paris in December 2015, Obama and Modi said.

They launched a new instrument to build long-term capacity to address climate change-related issues in the US and India, although the structure of the US-India Climate Fellowship Programme was not revealed.

Obama and Modi welcomed the conclusion of an agreement between US Ex-Im Bank and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency that will make up to $1bn of green funding available to bolster India's transition to a low-carbon economy, while fostering US renewable energy exports to India.

The leaders agreed to strengthen and expand the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy through a series of initiatives, including a new union to promote efficient urban energy infrastructure, a programme to scale up renewable energy integration into India's power grid and co-operation to support India's efforts to upgrade its alternative energy institutes.

And they acknowledged the need to use the expertise of the Montreal Protocol to reduce the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons. The protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the emission of substances responsible for its depletion.

At the UN climate summit in New York last week, Obama pledged to announce the US' intended emissions reduction targets in the first quarter of next year. India has not said when it will declare its climate targets.

Global leaders will next meet for Cop 20 in December in Lima, Peru, to finalise the framework for the 2015 climate deal. This successor to the Kyoto protocol will be adopted at Cop 21 in Paris next year and implemented after 2020.

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