India has “withdrawn” its candidature to host COP33 in 2028, an offer made by PM Modi on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai
www.downtoearth.org.in | April 09,2026

Climate experts term the decision as a setback and surprise as India had been using the proposed summit to position itself as climate leader of the Global South

India Pulls Out of Bid to Host Climate Conference; Disappointed Experts Say Global Conflicts May Have Driven Decision
www.thewire.in | April 08, 2026

Climate experts said that current global geopolitics and conflicts have forced many nations, including India, to take a cautious approach when it comes to climate targets, prioritising short-term energy security through traditional fuels.

30 Communicators Attend Five-Day Virtual Workshop on the Linkages Between Business and Climate Change in India
www.earthjournalism.net | Feb 23, 2026

As the impacts of climate change are increasingly felt across India, with climate-related natural disasters costing the economy an estimated US$12 billion in 2025, and an increasing number of studies highlighting key industries such as agriculture are incredibly vulnerable to climate shocks, it is clear that ‘business as usual’ no longer applies for the country’s private sector

Unexplored Potential – Can Tourism Help Communities In The Sundarbans Cope With Climate-Induced Loss and Damage?
www.downtoearth.org.in | Feb 03, 2026

Speaking at a national level meeting held at the Sundarbans on December 21, 2025, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav criticised the West Bengal government for not being able to exploit the tourism potential of the biodiverse mangrove forest.

Southwest Monsoon in India and Pakistan Responsible For Highest Number of Fatalities Among 2025’s Major Climate Disasters: Christian Aid Report
www.downtoearth.org.in | Dec 27, 2025

The 2025 southwest monsoon season in India and Pakistan, that recorded eight per cent more than normal rainfall, has triggered maximum fatalities among 2025’s major climate disasters, according to a new report by UK charity, Christian Aid.

COP30: The good, the bad, the unforgivable and why you should care about the UN climate change meet
www.scroll.in | Nov 25, 2025

If COP 21, the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015 that gave us the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change and its negative impacts, had been a Bollywood film, it would be that overhyped, overstuffed, occasionally brilliant, mostly chaotic blockbuster that somehow ends up making everyone slightly frustrated but still queuing up for the sequel.

Soaring expectations met with sinking outcomes at climate summit
india.mongabay.com | Nov 24, 2025

The disappointment at the end of the Brazil climate summit, COP30, was palpable. As negotiators filed out of the humid makeshift halls along the Guajará Bay after two tense weeks, many admitted privately what others said aloud — the world had arrived in the gateway city of the Amazon hoping for a decisive push on climate action, but COP30 ended with more caution than courage.

The COP of Truth becomes COP of Turmoil
www.deccanherald.com | Nov 24, 2025

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, and a year after the magnificent mess in Baku, the United Nations’s annual climate jamboree of unkept promises convened for its 30th edition in the city of Belém, situated on the ancestral land of the Tupinambá an

COP30: Brazil Summit Ends in Ambiguity as Leaders Dodge Hard Choices on Fossil Fuel and Finance
www.moneycontrol.com | Nov 24, 2025

When the Amazon climate summit ended in Belém, delegates carried home ambiguity, something that could be seen as worse than outright failure. After two weeks of talks in the gateway city to the world’s largest rainforest, nearly 200 countries produced a Belém Political Package that looked substantive on paper, but was a collection of frameworks that postponed hard questions rather than answer them

India wants COP30 to focus on climate adaptation, but dries up own fund
www.aljazeera.com | Nov 20, 2025

Indian-administered Kashmir – On the night of September 2, Shabir Ahmad’s home was swallowed by mud and swept into the river after relentless rains triggered a landslide in Sarh village in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Reasi district.