India to push for predictable climate finance, equitable transition at key UN summit

ENVIRONMENT – CLIMATE CHANGE

4 NOVEMBER 2026

• Predictable climate finance, technology transfer, and nationally determined approaches to climate mitigation and adaptation will be India’s key demands at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkiye, from November 9 to 20.
• Underlining a long-standing position, India will reiterate that developed countries must fulfil their financial obligations to developing nations.
• India is not inclined towards language suggesting “fossil fuel cuts or phase-out” or restrictions, as it is already on a pathway to ramp up its share of renewable energy, increasing forest cover, and improving energy efficiency. 
• India will seek continuation of the Just Transition Work Programme (JWT) and “oppose attempts” to impose new, top-down mitigation targets on developing countries.
• Climate finance will be a central negotiating issue, with India seeking a decision to begin a Climate Finance Work Programme.
• Finance provided by developed countries under Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement must be “predictable, largely public and concessional”, and must not add to the debt burden of developing countries.
• India will argue that indicators being developed under the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) should remain voluntary and should not become conditions for accessing climate finance.