Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav says India will seek a climate finance decision and a non-punitive Global Stocktake when COP31 opens in Türkiye on 9 November.

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• COP31, the 31st UN climate conference, will be held at the Antalya Expo Center in Türkiye from 9 to 20 November 2026.
• Türkiye hosts the summit, with its Environment Minister Murat Kurum as COP President and Australia's Chris Bowen leading negotiations.
• A World Leaders' Summit will take place on 11 and 12 November, and reports say India and China are not sending their top leaders.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav outlined India's priorities at a New Delhi media briefing on 3 November 2026.
• He said India will pursue solution-oriented and equitable climate action with practical solutions for the Global South.
• India will stress capacity building, knowledge sharing and geography-specific approaches, according to the minister.
• Climate finance will be a key priority, and India wants a COP31 decision to start the Climate Finance Work Programme.
• India will press for mitigation talks and the Global Stocktake to remain Party-driven, facilitative and non-punitive.
• India will work closely with the G-77 and China, the Like-Minded Developing Countries and the BASIC group of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
• Yadav said India will play a constructive, bridge-building role aimed at moving from commitments to implementation and support.
• The Turkish presidency's draft electrification pledge seeks to raise electricity's share of global energy use to 35% by 2035.
• Emerging economies including India are expected to resist any framing that pushes them to transition away from fossil fuels.