While the gathering in Belém sets the tone for two weeks of negotiations, the key test will be whether developed countries step up to match rhetoric with financial, technological and capacity-building support. India and its partners argue that ambition without means is hollow.
UNEP has found that fewer than one-third of the countries party to the Paris Agreement submitted updated climate commitments by the end of September 2025.
Arriving in the Brazilian capital to represent India, Minister Yadav declared that Pre-COP30 offers a pivotal moment to build consensus on the key pillars of climate diplomacy — from adaptation to energy transition to climate finance.
A new report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) warns that as demand for energy surges, regional cooperation will be crucial to meeting development and climate goals.
The new NDA will recommend and authorise projects under Article 6.4, including activities ranging from renewable energy and green hydrogen to green ammonia and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
Passing Gifts, active in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, and Koraput districts, supports rural livelihoods through backyard poultry, goat rearing, and spice value chains.
Afghanistan’s domestic power generation, though improving, remains insufficient. Hydroelectric, solar, and fossil fuel-based plants contribute to the national grid, but infrastructure limitations and growing demand have kept supply far below need.
The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
Pakistan is taking significant steps to deepen its financial and economic engagement with China, aiming to tap into the world’s second-largest capital market and expand corporate opportunities in Hong Kong.
Dhankhar urged farmers to see themselves as entrepreneurs with the potential to drive rural economies. He underscored the importance of participating in the input chain of agriculture (fertilizers, pesticides, machinery) and the output chain including storage, processing, and retail.