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A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here's why that matters

  • Written by Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Junior Fellow, Climate Lab, Tufts University
A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here's why that mattersThe Indian government is encouraging the use of electric vehicles, particularly scooters.Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

At the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow in 2021, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the world when he announced that his country would zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. It was...

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