The return of an isolationist and transactional approach to international relations, along with policy shifts under the new US administration, will not only disrupt economies but also erode trust, making it exponentially harder to forge collective agreements. In such a scenario, climate action risks being sidelined at precisely the moment when it should be a…
BAKU: Baku: Making intervention during discussion on the latest draft texts at COP29, India on Thursday made it clear that the goal for mobilisation of climate finance “needs to be $1.3 trillion with $600 billion of this coming through grants and grants equivalent resources”. It said the country cannot accept any attempts to deflect the…
With Donald Trump expected to take the United States again out of climate diplomacy, China, the world’s largest emitter but green energy powerhouse, is seizing on the chance to project itself as the global leader. At COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, China has sought to show a cooperative side and for the first time gave…