Speaking on phone, “both leaders emphasized their personal commitment to secure a strong climate change agreement this week,” and to work together “to achieve a successful outcome,” it said in a press release, Xinhua news agency reported.
Negotiators convened at the ongoing UN climate change conference in Paris were eyeing a post-2020 deal that will help to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
A final draft of a new global climate agreement was reached by negotiators in Paris on Saturday, ready for ministers to read and deal with sensitive political divergences this week before the 12-day conference ends on Friday.
The White House also said that Obama accepted Modi’s condolences for the loss of life in the San Bernardino shootings last week. (IANS)