Day after it was taken off agenda, India raises contentious finance provision at COP30 meet

Importantly, it also demanded that Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement, which states that developed countries “shall provide financial resources” to developing countries, be implemented in full. This demand, on behalf of a large number of developing countries, came just a day after Brazil managed to convince these nations not to press for the inclusion of this issue in the official agenda of the conference. Article 9.1 has emerged as one of the key issues for the developing countries in the last few months. These countries have been maintaining that the comprehensive finance agreement reached in Baku, Azerbaijan, last year…