US President Donald Trump has inched closer to ensuring the Paris Climate Change Agreement is brought into effect before he leaves the White House, after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to “try to” get his Cabinet to approve the treaty. To enter into force, the Paris Agreement must be formally joined or ratified by “55 countries representing 55 percent of global emissions” , and India’s signing up would see that happen. Obama has pledged to ratify the agreement “as soon as possible this year”, despite vociferous opposition from presidential candidate Barack Obama. The US and India have also agreed a series of deals investing in clean, renewable energy.
US President Barack Obama has inched closer to ensuring the Paris Climate Change Agreement is brought into effect before he leaves the White House, after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to “try to” get his Cabinet to approve the treaty. To enter into force, the Paris Agreement must be formally joined or ratified by “55 countries representing 55 percent of global emissions” , and India’s signing up would see that happen. Obama has pledged to ratify the agreement “as soon as possible this year”, despite vociferous opposition from presidential candidate Donald Trump. The US and India have also agreed a series of deals investing in clean, renewable energy.