Addressing the media jointly with Modi after hour-long talks at the White House, Obama said it was natural for India and the US, two biggest democracies, to 'deepen and broaden' partnership.
At the summit, the US is able to play the role of a bully.
At no other time has a single meeting of the leaders of two democracies been so critical and hazardous.
Since the US, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, has shifted in a major way to shale gas, the focus of global environmentalists' ire has fallen on India, which is the third biggest emitter, reports Darryl D'Monte.
COP 21 is about how much carbon space is left and who gets how much of that space
And the US won the evening
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