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Sustainable Development

A Development-Savvy Climate Strategy for India

by The Daily Eye Team October 25 2014, 10:15 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 46 secs

During his recent first official visit to the United States, India’s popular Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, met with President Obama, as well as with CEOs of top U.S. corporations, to encourage investment to support India’s development goals, which include providing renewable energy for the 400 million citizens who lack access today. Mr. Obama can help Mr. Modi achieve his development goals by providing a package of energy measures, including assistance to improve the efficiency of India’s air conditioning sector, which can use up to half of the available electricity during the sub-continent’s hottest months. At the same time, the Prime Minister can help the President with one of his signature climate priorities by supporting the phase down of refrigerants known as Hydro fluorocarbons, or HFCs, under the Montreal Protocol. HFCs are super greenhouse gases, and the fastest growing climate pollutants in many countries.

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