Jairam Ramesh and Hillary Clinton
India won’t bend to demands from the Obama administration or threats from the U.S. Congress to adopt legally binding caps on its carbon emissions, the country’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh ('75) told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... Ramesh joined Hillary Clinton during a conference on climate change in Gurgaon. Ms. Clinton was in Gurgaon to visit the ITC Green Centre Building that showcases environment-friendly practices in India.
India won’t bend to demands from the Obama administration or threats from the U.S. Congress to adopt legally binding caps on its carbon emissions, the country’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh ('75) told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"There is simply no case for the pressure" the U.S. is exerting, considering India produces among the lowest per capita emissions in the world, Minister Jairam Ramesh told Clinton during an unexpected discussion of climate negotiations during an event intended to showcase U.S.-Indian cooperation on clean energy at a "green" office building outside New Delhi.
"As if this pressure was not enough, we also face the threat of carbon tariffs on our exports to countries such as yours," Ramesh said, referring to a climate-change bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 that imposes tariffs on exports from countries that refuse to adopt greenhouse gas controls by 2020 ... "legally binding" emissions targets won’t be acceptable for India, Ramesh added. "It’s going to be impossible to sell in our democratic system."
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said that strategic partnership is required between India and US on issues like climate Environment minister Jairam Ramesh with Hillary Clinton during a conference on climate change in Gurgaon.
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Soon after her arrival, Clinton headed to Gurgaon to visit ITC Green Centre Building that showcases environment-friendly practices in India.
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