INDIA: Climate change plan short on emissions targets

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Updated July 17, 2007 20:07:53

India's announced a new national plan to tackle climate change, but it's not expected to set targets on greenhouse gas emissions. The late prime minister Indira Gandhi once said, "poverty is the ultimate polluter", underlining India's need to balance conservation and the environment with ending poverty. 750 million Indians currently live on two dollars or less per day, and India's overiding priority remains economic growth:

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Pramit Pal Chaudhury, US correspondent for the Hindustan Times

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