India, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, on Sunday ratified the landmark Paris climate deal, giving a significant push for the deal to enter into force by the end of this year.
Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin handed over the Instrument of Ratification signed by President Pranab Mukherjee, to Santiago Villalpando, the Head of the Treaties Division at the U.N., at a special ceremony here attended by top U.N. officials and senior diplomats to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded India’s “climate leadership”, saying India’s ratification of the Paris Climate Change agreement moves the world an “important step closer” toward achieving the goal of entering the landmark deal into force this year.
India keeps its promise. On Gandhiji’s birth anniversary we deposit the instrument of ratification of #ParisAgreement #climatechange pic.twitter.com/2smyHPCm5L
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) October 2, 2016