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Yadav skipped COP29 in Baku, where India strongly opposed the $300 billion climate finance target, calling it inadequate.
Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip the COP30 to be held from November 10-21.
More than 140 delegations, including 57 heads of state and 39 ministers, are expected to participate in the leaders’ summit hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The two-day event will set the political direction for COP30, which marks a decade of the Paris Agreement and will focus on forests, renewable energy, adaptation, food security and climate finance.
Sources said that at COP30, India is expected to underline that developed countries can restore confidence by honoring their past commitments and increasing predictable, grant-based funding for adaptation and loss-making.
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At the pre-COP meeting in Brasilia last month, Yadav said COP30 should be the “COP of adaptation” and the focus should shift from talks to concrete action on the ground.
He said, “Dialogue is important, but action is imperative. We must now focus on implementing ambitious climate measures and, above all, addressing the most pressing challenge: the urgent lack of resources for adaptation and mitigation for developing countries.”
India has said that strengthening public finances for adaptation can encourage additional support from other sources and new processes should not be initiated that risk undermining the framework of the Paris Agreement.
For India and the broader global South, COP30 will be a test of whether climate conferences can finally move beyond slow negotiations to deliver affordable, accessible funding.
The UN’s “Baku to Belem Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion”, released on Wednesday (Nov 5) presents a plan to raise at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for developing countries through cheap loans, guarantees and debt-relief instruments.
Brazil will also use the leaders’ summit to launch the “Tropical Forests Forever Facility”, which aims to mobilize $125 billion for forest conservation through results-based payments over the next decade.
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The initiative, along with the UN roadmap, is expected to dominate the finance discussion in Belém.
The Indian delegation is expected to highlight the country’s contributions through initiatives such as the International Solar Alliance, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the International Big Cat Coalition as examples of cooperative and action-oriented multilateralism.
COP30 is taking place against a complex geopolitical backdrop, with the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and many developed countries reevaluating their climate strategies amid economic and energy security concerns.