AP Interview: India says reducing poverty is climate justice

Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar speaks during an interview with an Associated Press correspondent in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. India will confirm plans next week for a staggering 175 gigawatt growth in its renewable energy portfolio, Javadekar said Thursday. But it will continue to champion poor countries in demanding that industrialized nations assume the brunt of responsibility for decades of climate-warming emissions and help others cope with the consequences. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Smoke rises from fire made by burning grass and other dried plants in a vegetable field in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. India will confirm plans next week for a staggering 175 gigawatt growth in its renewable energy portfolio, Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said Thursday. India is one of the last major polluters yet to submit its plans for combating and coping with climate change to the United Nations, before the world's nations attempt to nail down a global climate pact in Paris in December. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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