India speaks for BASIC and LMDC groups at COP30 opening plenary in Belém
India delivered statements on behalf of the BASIC group (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) and the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) at the opening plenary of the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 11 November 2025, stressing equity and climate finance.
Summary
India's COP30 statements stressed equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC), backed multilateralism, and called for unilateral measures to be rejected. Marking ten years of the Paris Agreement, India said climate finance remains the key barrier to higher ambition and called for a clear, agreed definition of climate finance, more public finance for adaptation, and implementation of Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement on developed countries' obligation to provide finance. India said COP30 must be the 'COP of Adaptation', that adaptation finance needs to be nearly fifteen times current flows, and that technology access is a right, not a bargaining tool.
Key facts
- Event
- UNFCCC COP30 opening plenary, Belém (Brazil)
- India spoke for
- BASIC and LMDC groups
- Key principle
- Equity, CBDR-RC
- Finance demand
- Implement Paris Agreement Article 9.1
- Adaptation finance need
- ~15 times current flows
- Slogan
- COP30 must be the 'COP of Adaptation'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
On behalf of which groups did India deliver statements at the opening plenary of COP30 in Belém in November 2025?
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Correct answer: B — BASIC and LMDC
India spoke on behalf of the BASIC group (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) and the Like-Minded Developing Countries.
At COP30, India called for implementation of which Article of the Paris Agreement, reaffirming developed countries' legal obligation to provide finance to developing countries?
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Correct answer: C — Article 9.1
India called for implementation of Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement on developed countries' obligation to provide finance.
According to India's statement at COP30, adaptation financing needs to exceed current flows by roughly how many times?
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Correct answer: D — Fifteen times
India noted that adaptation financing needs to exceed nearly fifteen times current flows.