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COP30 agenda: Contentious issues on climate change on the margins

Due to lack of willingness on part of developed nations to open their purses, ambitions have turned to phasing out fossil fuels, in order to keep global warming below 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels

Climate action's new frontier: Circular economies and 15-min cities

The book he has written seeks to weave together the history of the climate movement over the past few decades and within those the role WRI has played in it

From rhetoric to reality: Why COP30 must become a bank of actions

With climate impacts mounting, the summit's final days must deliver a credible finance plan, realistic transition pathways and stronger action-focused alliances

Bhupender Yadav urges rich nations to meet climate funding goals at CoP30

India's environment minister Bhupender Yadav told the CoP30 high-level segment that developed nations must raise ambition, deliver climate finance at scale, and ensure technology is affordable and acc

Protecting big cats ensures human future, says Bhupender Yadav at COP30

India has urged global leaders to step up efforts to protect big cats, saying that securing the future of these species will ensure a safe, long-lasting life for mankind. Addressing the high-level Ministerial Segment on the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) at the ongoing UNFCCC COP30 Summit here on Monday, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav warned that a decline in big cat populations will destabilise the entire ecosystem. IBCA is an India-led global initiative to conserve seven big cat species: the tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar, and puma. The alliance aims to promote collaboration among member countries to curb illegal wildlife trade, conserve habitats, and mobilise resources for conservation efforts. "Where big cats thrive, forests are healthier, grasslands regenerate, water systems function, and carbon is stored efficiently in living landscapes," Yadav said. He called for renewed global cooperation to protect big cat species and their habitats as par

Rich nations must hit net-zero emissions, pay up on climate: India at COP30

More than 115 countries have now lodged updated climate plans with the United Nations, required under the terms of the 2015 Paris Agreement

India to publish revised NDC for 2035 by Dec: Environment minister at COP30

India will publish its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the 2035 period by December, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Monday, while urging developed nations to achieve net zero targets ahead of their current timelines. Addressing the high-level segment of the UN COP30 Climate Summit here, Yadav said climate change is real and imminent due to unsustainable growth and development patterns. Developed countries must reach net zero far earlier than current target dates, fulfil their obligations under Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement, and deliver new, additional and concessional climate finance estimated in trillions of dollars, he said. Implementation of climate goals must be adequate, accessible and affordable, and free from restrictive intellectual property barriers, the minister said. Let the global community remember this as a COP of implementation and delivery. Let the coming decade be one of resilience and shared responsibility - a decade that uni

COP30 at halftime sees EU pushback on India, China's CBAM, finance moves

Two issues on financial obligations of developed countries and unilateral trade agreements were dropped from the COP agenda after resistance from developed nations

India's 2025 emission rate to fall but global jump raises warming alarm

India's projected CO₂ emissions growth of 1% (38.9 GtCO₂/year) is higher than the global average and China's 0.4%, but lower than the US rate of 1.9%

Bill Gates' pivot away from bold climate action misses key challenges

To find our way back to shore, we urgently need a new financial architecture that can provide the policy and fiscal space to support implementation and build state capacity

India urges developed nations to meet climate finance obligations at COP30

India on Tuesday reaffirmed its firm commitment to multilateralism and equity in global climate action, and said that developed nations must fulfil their legal obligations on finance, technology transfer and capacity building to developing countries. Delivering statements on behalf of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) and the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) groups at the opening plenary of the 30th UN climate conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, India said climate finance remains the biggest barrier to enhanced ambition, and called for a clear definition of what constitutes climate finance, along with strengthened and scaled-up public finance for adaptation. India emphasised that Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement places a binding responsibility on the developed countries to provide financial resources to the developing nations. It said adaptation finance must increase fifteen-fold to meet the needs of billions of vulnerable people who have contributed the ..

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter this year?

World leaders are meeting in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem for COP30, the 30th UN climate summit, to discuss how to curb global warming and act on past promises to cut fossil fuel use