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India offers ‘strong support’ to Brazil for COP30, says satisfied with many outcomes from summit

India offers ‘strong support’ to Brazil for COP30, says satisfied with many outcomes from summit

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India on Sunday (November 23, 2025) expressed ‘strong support’ to Brazil for the inclusive leadership of the COP30 Presidency and welcomed several decisions adopted at the just concluded climate summit. Though New Delhi expressed satisfaction with many decisions, it did not specifically call the COP30 a success in devising a policy aimed at preventing climate change issues. In an official release, India expressed its gratitude for the “High-level Statement” at the Closing Plenary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP30 in Balem on Saturday (November 22, 2025). The U.N. climate talks in Brazil ended with a pledge of more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But it did not include a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels. The Indian delegation at the climate summit was headed by Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav. The statement conveyed India’s gratitude to the leadership of COP president Andre Correa do Lago, which it said was rooted in inclusion, balance, integrity and the Brazilian spirit of ‘Mutirao’, meaning …

Express at COP30: Countries reject draft text as it skips roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out | World News

Express at COP30: Countries reject draft text as it skips roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out | World News

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THE COP30 climate meeting stared at a deep crisis on Friday, the last day of the two-week event, after a new draft text on a political package skirted each of the four long-standing issues it was meant to resolve, leaving almost everyone unhappy. A group of 29 countries, mainly small island states and those from Europe, rejected the draft text because it skipped any mention of a roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out, which was one of their key demands. “We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties… in its present form, the proposal (draft text) does not meet the minimum conditions required for a credible COP outcome,” the 29 countries said in a joint letter. The political package was meant to address four long-standing concerns of different groups of countries. These concerns could not be accommodated in the official agenda of the COP30 meeting because of the deep differences between …