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Govt mulls consequences of not ratifying Paris Agreement this year

Faces risk of being cut off from decision making at climate talks

Paris Agreement: US Special Envoy for Climate Change to arrive in New Delhi

Special Envoy Pershing will travel to Mumbai for meetings with members of the finance sector

Domestic compulsions prompt India, US to stop short of Paris agreement ratification

Neither the US nor India has committed to a formal ratification of the Paris agreement by the end of 2016 in the much-hyped joint statement on climate change.The statement, issued during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, reads: "The United States reaffirms its commitment to join the Agreement as soon as possible this year." The US has shied from using the word 'ratification', as it would require approval from the US senate, which President Obama is unlikely to secure from the Republican citadel.During the negotiations between the two countries, preceding Modi's tour, the US had insisted that India should commit to a formal ratification by 2016-end, while Washington would use the term "join the agreement". India, however, stopped short of such a commitment in the bilateral statement. Consequently, the joint statement reads, "India similarly has begun its processes to work toward this shared objective." Indian negotiators insisted upon this insertion to replace the sing

UN chief welcomes Indo-US commitment to join Paris agreement

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a three-day US visit at the invitation of Obama

After Paris pact bonhomie, gloves come off at Bonn

Developed and developing nations spar for two days over implementation of the agreement

Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal meet John Kerry, discuss climate change

The three leaders met after the historic signing ceremony by 175 nations of the Paris climate change agreement

Government reacts in fits and starts to Paris agreement

Three months after India committed to an ambitious set of targets under the global climate change Paris agreement, the government is working in fits and starts to put the architecture, policy and regulations in place to achieve what it promised to the global community