At CoP29 in Baku, India criticises developed countries over climate finance and the Mitigation Work Programme
On 16 November 2024 at CoP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, India expressed dissatisfaction at developed countries' unwillingness to engage on climate finance and on the Mitigation Work Programme.
Summary
On 16 November 2024 at CoP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, India delivered a statement in the closing plenary of the Subsidiary Bodies on the agenda of the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP), set up at CoP27. India objected to developed countries' insistence on bringing mitigation paragraphs from the CoP28 Global Stocktake into the MWP and expanding its scope. It said the MWP's outcomes are meant to be non-prescriptive and non-punitive, and that turning its bottom-up approach into a top-down one would upend the Paris Agreement's principles. Calling this the 'Finance CoP', India said: 'If there are no means of implementation, there can be no climate action.'
Key facts
- Date/place
- 16 Nov 2024, CoP29, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Forum
- Closing plenary of the Subsidiary Bodies
- Agenda
- Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP), from CoP27
- Objection
- Adding CoP28 Global Stocktake mitigation paras; widening MWP scope
- MWP outcomes
- Non-prescriptive, non-punitive
- Quote
- No means of implementation, no climate action
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP), discussed by India at CoP29 on 16 November 2024, was established at which CoP?
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Correct answer: B — CoP27, Sharm el-Sheikh
PIB (MoEFCC): India referred to decisions on the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme at CoP27.
Consider the following about India's statement at CoP29 on 16 November 2024: 1. It was delivered in the closing plenary of the Subsidiary Bodies. 2. India supported including the CoP28 Global Stocktake mitigation paragraphs in the MWP. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
PIB (MoEFCC): the statement was made in the closing plenary of the Subsidiary Bodies, and India opposed developed countries' push to include the Global Stocktake mitigation paras. So only 1 is correct.