Reasserting India's commitment to carbon emission reduction and sustainable development, Union Environment, Forests & Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Satrday said India; along with 100 other nations would ratify the COP 21 Global Climate Agreement on April 22.<br/><br/>COP 21 would be ratified at a high level signing ceremony to be convened at the UN Headquarters in New York.<br/><br/>The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track by limiting global warming below 2 degree Celsius.<br/><br/>He was speaking at a Symposium "COP 21 – Building Synergies, Shaping Actions" organized in the University of Mumbai. Javadekar said that all countries have decided to walk the green path as per their common but differentiated responsibilities.<br/><br/>He described the Paris agreement as a victory of multilateralism and the one which helped correct image perception of India.<br/><br/>He said though India is not part of the problem, it wants to be part of the solution.<br/><br/>The Minister added that the proposed Compensatory Afforestation Funds Bill 2015 would unlock 40,000 crores rupees funds for the 'Green India' initiative.<br/><br/>The Bill is likely to be passed in the second half of the budget session.
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India to ratify COP 21 Global Climate agreement on April 22: Prakash Javadekar