Prakash Javadekar says India will not limit itself to ?business as usual? on global warming, following pressure from Barack Obama for climate action India?s government on Tuesday defended its efforts to combat climate change after US President Barack Obama urged the country to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government was already turning words into action on clean energy with efforts that include increasing solar power across the country. ?We have already started walking the talk,? he said. But Javadekar declined to say whether India ? the world?s third biggest emitter of polluting greenhouse gases ? would set itself a target on reducing carbon emissions ahead of a UN climate summit in Paris in December. ?Let me tell you very clearly that ?business as usual? will not be there as far as our actions on climate change are concerned,? Javadekar said at a conference on the issue in New Delhi.

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