NEW DELHI: As India prepares to submit its updated climate action pledge ahead of the UN Climate Summit (COP30) next month, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav will travel to Brazil for a pre-COP meeting scheduled for October 13-14 in Brasília. During this meeting, he is expected to articulate India’s expectations for the main conference.
Yadav plans to advocate for the Global South’s call for more predictable climate finance. He is also likely to emphasize the necessity of adaptation strategies and the effective functioning of the global carbon market. Historically, India has asserted that the current commitment of $300 billion annually in financial support to the Global South by 2035 falls short of the required levels, urging developed nations to take on the moral responsibility to assist developing countries with their climate action initiatives.
At last year’s UN climate summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, developed countries agreed to mobilize only $300 billion annually by 2035, a figure significantly below the $1.3 trillion target set by developing nations. Yadav is expected to reiterate this point at the upcoming pre-COP meeting.
Following his visit to Brazil, Yadav will attend the G20 working group ministerial meeting on climate and environmental sustainability on October 16-17 in Cape Town, South Africa, where he aims to shape the narrative leading into COP30, set to take place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21.
An official noted, “India is expected to submit its national adaptation plan and updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – a climate action plan for 2035 – to the UN climate body ahead of COP30.” India’s inaugural national adaptation plan will serve as a framework to integrate adaptation into national development strategies across various sectors such as agriculture, water resources, the Himalayan region, coastal areas, health, and disaster management.
In contrast, the NDC will outline the country’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the share of electricity generated from non-fossil fuel sources by 2035. The current NDC outlines such objectives through 2030.
