G20 GOES BIG ON CLIMATE TARGETS, RICH-POOR DIVIDE PERSISTS

THE G20 conclave in Delhi under India's leadership hammered out a difficult compromise on Ukraine. The joint declaration, a success story for India's shuttle diplomacy, denounced the use of force for territorial gain but stopped short of naming Russia. In the melee, G20's big commitment on climate change was pushed to the back seat.

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On environmental goals, the G20 declaration is unequivocal. It commits the world's largest economies to accelerating clean, sustainable, just, affordable, and inclusive energy transitions. Significantly, the declaration commits to working towards tripling the global renewable energy capacity by 2030. The Delhi communique also did a spot of self-criticism, that progress on reversing climate change has been slow and reiterated its commitment to "achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions / carbon neutrality by or around mid-century".