COP27: On coal, India must stand its ground
Hindustan TimesThe 27th round of the United Nations-led Confe-rence of the Parties meeting currently underway in Egypt has completed a week, and the stage lights, as expected, are back on coal. On Saturday, as negotiations on the cover text began, India made it clear that participating countries must acknowledge that all fossil fuels — coal, oil and gas — contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and that the 2015 Paris Agreement requi-res phasing down of all fossil fuels. Developed nations have pushed for a harder line on fossil fuels such as coal, which developing countries depend on. Like it did in COP26 in Glasgow, India must stand its ground on coal and push for more immediate needs of the developing world: Climate finance and green tech at affordable costs from the rich nations.