Ravi Shankar Prasad, former Special Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, noted that geopolitical realities dampened ambition around fossil-fuel outcomes and adaptation finance.
Developed countries should take responsibility for their climate emissions. Instead, the instinct has been familiar: Protect your own first. This is now shaping the climate finance debate.
Indigenous lands deliver the world’s most effective responses to the climate crisis, from curbing deforestation to storing carbon. Yet they remain without formal recognition.
In contrast, Environment Minister Bhupender Yaday says, India is mainstreaming adaptation through the National and State Action Plans through domestic budget allocations.
Brazil failed to secure a climate deal at COP30, as smaller nations protested being pushed to act despite the US and EU having historically driven the world’s carbon emissions.
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav emphasises role of big cat conservation in climate action, urges countries to include nature-based solutions in updated NDCs.
Except for Brazil, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegates from every other nation at climate talks, finds independent analysis. Members from largest oil & gas cos among delegates.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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