India climate pledge a question after new commitments

Published January 27, 2015 10:00am ET



India is promising to invest more in nuclear power and renewable energy as the world looks for ways to curb climate change. But environmental experts said they don’t expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set an ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as he works to bring his developing nation out of poverty.

Modi and President Obama announced a set of climate and energy agreements on the president’s three-day trip to the subcontinent, as Obama takes a leading role in climate discussions heading into the United Nations-hosted talks in Paris at the end of the year.

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