India and Germany vow to reinforce cooperation on climate protection
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel want to intensify bilateral cooperation on climate and environmental protection, the German government said in a press release. The Indo-German alliance for climate protection and renewable energy was an 鈥渙verarching partnership鈥� between the two nations, in which mutual assistance and synergies would be further strengthened, the press release said. At a press conference held during his visit to Berlin, Modi said not acting on climate change amounted to 鈥渁 moral crime鈥�. Chancellor Merkel said she was glad that India sought to implement the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥渧ery intensively and in a very committed way鈥�. India was 鈥渋n a different stage of development鈥� than Germany, she said, but New Delhi鈥檚 national climate targets showed that the country 鈥渒nows how much of a challenge climate change means for all of us.鈥�
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