At United Nations climate talks billed widely as having a special focus on Indigenous people, those people themselves have mixed feelings about whether the highlight reel matches reality.

The delegates at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the U.N. annual climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement.

Though New Delhi expressed satisfaction with many decisions, it did not specifically call the COP30 a success in devising a policy aimed at preventing climate change issues

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's press release noted that a key element of India’s address was the emphasis on long-standing obligations of developed countries to provide Climate Finance.

Negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over the balance between action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance.

Belem delivered historic pledges on just transition and new momentum on climate action. Yet the absence of concrete funding pathways leaves frontline nations warning that ambition without resources ri

The fire erupted when global ministers were deeply engrossed in negotiations to break a deadlock over fossil fuels, climate finance and trade measures.