Officials in India have announced plans to utilize a new tracking system to protect its endangered tiger population.

India’s Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, on Thursday called on the rest of the world to avoid eating beef in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists were outraged on Tuesday over comments made by India’s environment minister, in which he denied a link between climate change and the melting Himalayan glaciers.

Despite India’s opposition to binding carbon emission cuts and difficulty accepting scientific evidence about global warming, it claimed to be committed to coming to an agreement on battling climate change during the upcoming UN summit in Copenhagen.

The chasm further widened between rich and poor nations as dialogue centered on how to approach the climate change has turned into debate.