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  It comes a day after Prime Minister Modi and US President Donald Trump shared the stage at a gala event in Houston on Sunday and displayed a close friendship and a common vision on fighting terrorism. But the US and India differ on the issue of climate change.
  Trump withdrew from the Paris climate deal in 2017 and blamed India and China for his decision, saying the agreement was unfair as it would have made the US pay for nations which benefited the most from the deal.
  "We must accept that if we have to overcome a serious challenge like climate change, then what we are doing at the moment is just not enough," Modi told world leaders at the summit organised by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here.
  "The time for talking is over. The world needs to act now," Modi asserted in the presence of President Trump, who made an unscheduled appearance at UN summit. Modi said India would increase the share of non-fossil fuel and by 2022 "we will increase our renewable energy capacity to much beyond 175 GW and we are committed to take it further to 450 GW." "Need, not Greed has been our guiding principle," Modi said.
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