India has said the United Nations climate conference in Belm, Brazil, should focus on tackling the critical shortage of resources that developing countries need to adapt to climate change and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Addressing the Global Stock Take (GST) breakout session during the pre-COP30 meeting in Brasilia on Monday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said the time for continuous reviews without action has passed.
“Dialogue is important, but action is imperative,” he said.
“We must now focus on implementing ambitious climate measures and, above all, addressing the most pressing challenge: the urgent lack of resources for developing countries to deliver adaptation and mitigation,” Yadav said.
The GST is a periodic review under the Paris Agreement 2015 that assesses the world’s collective progress toward limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Held every five years, it examines countries’ actions on mitigation, adaptation and finance and guides them to …
