NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow, the country’s environment minister said on Thursday to boost global efforts to cut emissions to fight global warming.
India is the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, and Modi’s participation at COP26, which begins later this month, was seen as significant amid uncertainty over whether Chinese President Xi Jinping would be involved. Will be
“The prime minister is going to Glasgow,” Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav told Reuters in an interview.
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