India Pushes for Fair Climate Finance at COP31
Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav says India will champion the Global South at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya. India wants predictable climate finance that is not debt-based and opposes top-down mitigation targets.
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Context: COP is the United Nations' annual climate summit, where countries negotiate how to cut emissions. Poorer nations argue that rich countries should provide climate money, and how that money is given is a central dispute.