Belem (Brazil): The Indian delegation led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

met Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a closed-door meeting of like-minded developing countries, including China and Indonesia, at the COP30 venue on Wednesday.

A source on the Brazilian side told ThePrint that President Lula talked about the roadmap for fossil fuels. An Indian official attending the summit in Belem confirmed that the meeting—the first between the two at COP30—lasted around 20 minutes.

Lula had dropped a bombshell in his COP30 opening speech on 10 November, when he called for a roadmap on fossil fuels despite it not being part of the summit’s agenda. Since then, the Brazilian President has mentioned fossil fuel on two separate occasions. Show Full Article

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