India vows to cut carbon emissions
India will significantly slow the growth of its climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions over the next decade as its economy keeps expanding, an official said Thursday ahead of world climate change talks.
However, the developing country will not accept a binding emissions reduction target, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said.
Ramesh told Parliament the country plans to reduce by 20 percent to 25 percent the ratio of pollution to production compared with 2005 levels. The announcement comes just days before world leaders are set gather in Denmark to discuss a new climate pact.
Image: A ragpicker looks for recyclable material, as a crane works to level a garbage dump in Guwahati on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
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