India, Jan. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Vice-President of India, Shri.C. P. Radhakrishnan, today delivered the inaugural address at the Bharat Climate Forum 2026 at New Delhi, emphasising that climate action is not a constraint on India's development but a strategic opportunity to accelerate inclusive growth, strengthen energy security and build a future-ready economy.

Commending the Council for International Economic Understanding for developing the Forum as a national platform for serious reflection and purposeful action, the Vice-President said India's engagement with climate and sustainability issues is deeply rooted in its civilisational ethos. He said that long before sustainability emerged as a contempora...