India will be represented by its ambassador to Brazil at the COP30 Leaders' Summit in Belém on November 6 and 7, while Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav will lead the country’s delegation during the second week of the UN climate conference.

Yadav skipped COP29 in Baku where India strongly opposed the $300 billion climate finance goal as inadequate.

Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip COP30, which will be held from November 10-21.

More than 140 delegations, including 57 heads of state and 39 ministers are expected to attend the leaders' summit hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The two-day event will set the political direction for COP30, which marks a decade since the Paris Agreement and will foc

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