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India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Agreement

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:27AM   
from the a-breath-of-fresh-air dept.

takyon writes:

One of the world's largest polluters has signed onto the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:

India, one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, has ratified the Paris global climate agreement. Under the deal, India has committed to ensuring that at least 40% of its electricity will be generated from non-fossil sources by 2030.

[...] The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreement. It will only come into force legally after it is ratified by at least 55 countries which between them produce at least 55% of global carbon emissions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last month that India would ratify the agreement on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the struggle for independence from Britain.

Also at the UN News Centre, NPR, and DW.

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Original Submission

• Vestas (Score: 2) by Hawkwind on Tuesday October 04 2016, @11:17PM

  by Hawkwind (3531) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @11:17PM (#410395)

  One piece of India's puzzle is the wind turbine company Vestas will be building a plant in India.

  The company is building a blade plant in Gujarat, which will produce India’s first locally produced carbon-fibre blades.
  Carbon-fibre blades are stronger and lighter than conventional glass-fibre blades.
  Producing the blades locally will be less expensive and cut transport costs, allowing Vestas to pass the savings on to its local customers.

  http://cphpost.dk/news/business/buoyant-vestas-heading-back-to-india.html [cphpost.dk]
   
  Unfortunately there's no detail as to how much India is hoping to bring on-line.

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