Overview
- On Tuesday, Bhupender Yadav publicly laid out India’s COP31 negotiating package, urging a decision to launch a Climate Finance Work Programme to secure largely public, concessional and predictable funds.
- India wants stronger technology transfer rules that remove cost, trade and intellectual‑property barriers so developing countries can access low‑carbon tools.
- New Delhi will press for mitigation and the Global Stocktake to remain party‑driven and facilitative and will insist participation in carbon markets stay voluntary.
- The government opposes unilateral, trade‑based measures such as the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism and will coordinate its positions with G‑77, LMDC and BASIC blocs in Antalya.
- India frames its demands on Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement, links adaptation to agriculture and smallholder livelihoods, and seeks to keep adaptation indicators voluntary to avoid conditionality that could increase debt or restrict access to finance.