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India Wants $1 Trillion Before It Raises Targets to Cut Emissions

The world’s third-biggest emitter also opposes a push at the COP26 climate talks to phase out coal and end subsidies for oil and gas. 

Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, delivers a speech during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow on Nov. 2.

Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, delivers a speech during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow on Nov. 2.

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India has named its price in high-stakes climate talks: if the rich countries want it to cut planet-warming emissions, they need to come up with $1 trillion of public cash by the end of the decade.