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India says Katowice climate talks positive, green group disagrees

Negotiators from around 200 countries in Katowice on Sunday finalised a set of rules that will make the 2015 Paris agreement to curb global warming operational in 2020.

Protesters take part in a march in Katowice, where the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 is being held	photo: reuters
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Protesters take part in a march in Katowice, where the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 is being held photo: reuters

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Climate change talks in Katowice, Poland, were "positive" as they set nations on the path for implementing the Paris Agreement, said on India on Sunday as a leading environment group called the results "completely insufficient".

Negotiators from around 200 countries in Katowice on Sunday finalised a set of rules that will make the 2015 Paris agreement to curb global warming operational in 2020. The outcome of the talks at the two-week summit aims to limit the rise in global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius limit.

"India considers the outcome of COP-24 a positive one which addresses concerns of

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