especially diesel engines; and d the burning of trashsh and crop rididues, but sincnce ratifyining the unid nationons' pararis climatete ac, the governme h has made aa sisignificant t start, closing a major coalal pla in n delhi andd plannining to refufurbish other, plananning the halve t n numbeof vehicles on ththe road and to tighteten emisonon standards b y 202020, and the governmentnt iso rereduce crop p burning..... but india's central dilemma remains how to couple climate action with reducing massive and widespread poverty. jairam ramesh: ultimately, you know, , people wanant jobs. pepe want projects.s. people want factorieies. i mean, those are e visible signs of progress, riright? narrator: former minister of the environment jairam ramesh says that many in india still believe that pollution is a price the country has to pay. ramesh: pollution is seen to be, you know, "ok. we cough a little"--[cough cough]--"you know, but that's something that we need to do or we have to do in order to industrialize and urbanize, but i think as public awareness incrcreases, as s civc movements gather apace, i