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India to Ratify Paris Climate Agreement on October 2 - Prime Minister

© Sputnik / Mark Schiefelbein/PoolIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
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According to the Indian prime minister, the country is to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change on October 2.

A woman walks past a map showing the elevation of the sea in the last 22 years during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 11, 2015 - Sputnik International
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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — India intends to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change aiming to limit global average temperatures and reduce emissions on October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday.

"Now, the time has come to ratify the COP21 protocol [the Paris Agreement signed last year at the UN Climate Change Conference]. India will do this on [Mahatma] Gandhi's birthday on October 2," Modi said at a meeting with the Bharatiya Janata Party's leadership.

In December 2015, the international community signed the Paris deal aiming to limit global average temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by reducing emissions.

The agreement will be open for signature until April 21, 2017. It will enter into force when ratified by at least 55 of the 196 signatory states, accounting for at least 55 percent of global emissions.

Earlier in September, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a total of 60 countries representing more than 47.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions had now legally bound themselves to the Paris climate deal. India represents about four percent of global emissions, according to the authorities' assessments.

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