Climate for change: As it happened

# Narendra Modi tweets, "Leaving for Paris, where I will join COP21. In the Summit, we will deliberate on crucial issues relating to environment and climate change."

# We need an effective deal, an ambitious, but also a fair deal from Paris. Western countries must walk the talk: Sunita Narain from CSE

# Clean gas is only marginally cleaner than coal. US is moving away from solar energy, which is the future: Sunita Narain from CSE

# Massive protest rally was planned in Paris by those who are worst impacted by climate change.

# Abhishek Sharma who is cycling across India spreading awareness on 'Swachh Bharat'.

# Nearly 20,000 people in Bengaluru have started using kitchen waste to make compost.

# Waste disposal one of the biggest problems of Bengaluru.

# Recent floods in Tamil Nadu are a result of climate change; We are feeling the impact of fast-paced climate change: Modi

# We are realising the effects of climate change, says PM Modi

# Kochi has the first solar-powered airport.

# Environmentalists say recent floods in Chennai were due to twin impacts of climate change and bad city planning.

# Reduce greenhouse gases, change patterns of consumption to battle climate change: Arunabha Ghosh from Council on Energy, Environment and Water

# One can save about 900 kg of carbon dioxide a year by setting the thermostat of the room air conditioner at 25 degree Celsius.

# Leaders of world's richest economies have agreed to historic 2 degree Celsius deal. The aim is to ensure world average temperature does not rise above 2 degree Celsius from pre-Industrial levels

# Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in planet's weather patterns. It involves rise of fall in average temperatures across the globe.

The Paris Climate Conference, scheduled from November 30 to December 11, aims at achieving a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, and keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.

Heads of States of around 140 countries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will attend the summit.

The Paris conference is expected to attract close to 50,000 participants including 25,000 official delegates from government, intergovernmental organisations, UN agencies, NGOs and civil society.