NEW DELHI — India has promised to shave a third off the rate at which it emits greenhouse gases over the next 15 years, in a long-awaited contribution towards reaching a deal to slow global warming at a UN climate summit in December. The world's third-largest emitter and last major economy to submit plans ahead of the Paris summit did not, however, commit to any absolute cuts in carbon emissions. Of the top two polluters, China has promised its emissions will peak by around 2030, and the United States is already cutting, but India says its economy is too small and its people too poor to agree to absolute cuts in greenhouse gases now. Instead, India said it aimed to cut carbon intensity by between 33 and 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels and to grow to 40 percent the share of power generated from non-fossil fuels. — Reuters
