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'India's climate change plan is better than China's'

As India heads into the G-8 summit to face the world on its climate change strategy, the government's policymakers believe India has a more evolved and far-sighted climate change policy than China. China released its climate change action plan in 2007 and will join India as the favourite targets for the developed world in fending off pressure on climate change. Senior officials here said India's action plan focused on energy security and sustainable development while the Chinese plan focused mainly on emission reduction.

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