A crucial United Nations report on climate change released on Sunday telling governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 is "both an opportunity and a challenge for India", said an expert from India involved in preparing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Synthesis Report. Another Indian in the report's core writing team said India was assessed as among the top 20 nations most at risk from extreme events.

The report also says cutting emissions by 40-70 per cent by 2050 would likely keep global warming under 2 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels. Read IPCC Synthesis Report

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