'Phase down' coal not our language in climate deal, can't be blamed: India

The words were already there in the text of the climate conference in Glasgow, government officials say.

India said on Wednesday it was being “unfairly blamed” for getting the words “phase out” coal changed to “phase down” in the final agreement of the UN COP26 climate conference last week, news organisations reported.

"Phase down" was not India's language and was introduced by the US and China, unnamed government sources told PTI. The words were already there in the text of the conference in Glasgow, the sources told the news agency.

The Glasgow Climate Pact states that the use of "unabated coal should be phased down", as should subsidies for fossil fuels. Several countries have charged India with making the