India’s Modi reaffirms Paris accord pledge in meeting with Kerry

Indian PM tells US climate envoy New Delhi is committed to meeting pledges under 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the United States’s climate envoy, John Kerry, that India was committed to meeting its climate change pledges and Kerry said the US would support those goals with affordable access to green technologies and financing. India’s foreign ministry disclosed their comments after the two met on Wednesday in New Delhi. Kerry is visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), India and Bangladesh before President Joe Biden holds a virtual summit on climate change on April 22-23.