'India to ratify Paris Climate Change agreement on Oct 2'

The Prime Minister on Sunday announced that India will ratify the Paris Climate Change agreement on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Talking about the need to ratify the agreement , the PM said there is a looming threat due to global warming to many coastal countries and cities. During the Paris climate meet in December last, more than 190 nations had agreed on

setting ambitious goals for capping global warming and funnelling trillions of dollars to poor countries facing climate catastrophe.

The United State has welcomed India's decision to ratify the key Paris Climate Change agreement. US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma in a tweet welcomed the decision and congratulated Prime Minister Modi for his leadership to act on Climate.