India, Feb. 27 -- Global leaders, ministers and climate experts called for faster and deeper climate action at the 25th World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) in New Delhi, warning that incremental progress will not be enough to meet global targets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special message read out at the event, underlined India's civilisational ethos of living in harmony with nature.

He called for decisive and equitable climate action rooted in climate justice and support for the Global South.

The Silver Jubilee edition of the summit, organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), was inaugurated by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday with the theme for this year as "Transformations: Vision,...