Modi confirms COP26 attendance in boost to summit

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NEW DELHI: India\u0027s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the COP26 climate summit, his office confirmed on Sunday (Oct 24), in a major boost for the conference that has already been snubbed by key world leaders. More than 120 world leaders are expected to attend the biggest climate summit since the

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Climate envoys from the United States, European Union and the summit's British organisers have made repeat visits to New Delhi in recent weeks to encourage Modi's government to do more to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Officials have indicated that India - third behind the United States and China as an emitter of greenhouse gases - will make a new offer but they have given no details. Modi will go to the climate talks in Glasgow after attending the Group of 20 summit in Rome next weekend where rising temperatures will also be a key issue, his office said in a statement.According to the International Energy Agency, India now produces the same amount of heat-trapping CO2 as the European Union, though it is two-thirds lower on a per capita basis.

The post-pandemic economic recovery in 2021 is expected to see India's CO2 emissions rise above 2019 levels, according to the agency. India has insisted that rich countries who profited from industrialisation in the past should pay more to help developing nations take climate-boosting measures.

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