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.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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