Local action amidst global inertia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (unseen) visits the residence of beneficiaries of PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, in Gandhinagar.
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After hours of intense negotiations, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended with a climate finance goal where developed countries are to provide $300 billion annually by 2035. However, this is far from what the developing countries need, and once again brings global climate gridlock into the spotlight.No consensus
The notion that developed countries should finance climate action in developing nations while also ramping up their own mitigation efforts (such as taking the lead in phasi...