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Indian climate policy is the subset of its larger foreign policy agenda. In early climate negotiations leading up it supporting underlying motivations of sovereignty and independence of choice that were central pillar of /Indian policy at the time. The big departure reflected from 2007-2009 in the negotiating track relocate India’s role in global affairs . Furthermore, more recently under Prime Minister Modi, India has fully taken on the role of a responsible steward in the management the global commons and this was reflected in its contribution towards the Paris Agreement.
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