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India to push climate finance and non-punitive reviews at COP31 in Antalya

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said India will seek a decision to start the Climate Finance Work Programme at the 9–20 November summit.

By BDT News Desk

Published 3 Nov 2026, 7:50 PM IST · 1 min read

India to pursue Solution-oriented and Equitable Climate Action at UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya: Union Environment Minister
India to pursue Solution-oriented and Equitable Climate Action at UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya: Union Environment Minister Photo: PIB

India will push for predictable, largely public and concessional climate finance, without adding to debt, at the UN climate summit COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said.

Briefing the media in New Delhi, Yadav said India will take a "solution-oriented" approach with practical solutions for the Global South, and work with the G-77 and China, LMDC and BASIC groups.

India's priorities

  • Finance: a COP31 decision to start the Climate Finance Work Programme; finance is an obligation of developed countries under Article 9.1.
  • Mitigation: the Global Stocktake should be party-driven, facilitative and non-punitive, with no new top-down targets.
  • Adaptation: Global Goal on Adaptation indicators should be voluntary and not condition access to finance.
  • Just transition: continue the Just Transition Work Programme through a party-driven mechanism.
  • Technology and markets: technology transfer is an obligation of developed countries; carbon market participation should be voluntary.

India's engagements will include LeadIT 3.0 with Sweden and side events on coastal resilience, IBCA and forests. Yadav also summarised India's stand at the biodiversity (CBD COP17, Yerevan) and desertification (UNCCD COP17) conferences.

Photos

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Source: official release by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (03 NOV 2026 2:54PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: India to pursue Solution-oriented and Equitable Climate Action at UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya: Union Environment Minister.

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Every fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2332018) issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 03 NOV 2026 2:54PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.

Fact-checked by Hemant Sharma on 3 Nov 2026, 7:50 PM IST.

Sources

  1. 1.India to pursue Solution-oriented and Equitable Climate Action at UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya: Union Environment Minister — Press Information Bureau, Government of India

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