The disparity in average emissions per person has dominated India’s position on global climate talks for two decades. Since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, India has been the strongest voice for “common but differentiated” responsibility. Those were enshrined in the famous 1997 Kyoto Protocol where developing countries avoided binding agreements to reduce their emissions until developed economies first dramatically slashed their own. Frequent droughts, sudden bursts of heavy downpour,s and unseasonal snowfall cannot be dismissed merely as vagaries of weather. These are a result of climate change – which in simple terms, is warming of the atmosphere due to excessive industrial and auto emissions. Climate change is a global issue. As part of our efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable economic growth, we must be committed to reducing the effects of climate change. Without significant measures to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, the planet is expected to warm much more rapidly than previously predicted. The paper suggested some effective mitigation strategies for climate change.