COP30 outcome for developing nations satisfying

IN A DEMONSTRATION of the new-found assertiveness of the developing countries after their securing a reasonably satisfactory outcome at the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, India told the developed nations that their agenda on climate change cannot be imposed on the rest of the world. It warned that attempts to "overturn the architecture of the Paris Agreement" will not be allowed to succeed.

- AMITABH SINHA

Speaking on behalf of Like Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs), a negotiating group that also includes China and Saudi Arabia, India underlined the long-held position of the developing countries on climate action that reduction of greenhouse gas emissions was primarily the responsibility of the developed nations and the burden could not be shifted to the developing countries because of their own failures.

India also reminded the developed countries that along with cutting down emissions, they were legally obligated to provide finance and technology to developing countries.