India , the world’s third biggest emitter-failed to attend a key diplomatic gathering in London.
India was the only one of 51 invited countries that didn’t attend a two-day ministerial meeting in the U.K capital, hosted by the incoming president of the COP26 United Nations talks, according to people present at the Summit who asked not to be named.
The conference was designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP26 , which is due to take place in Glasgow in three months’ time.
Gravure Khare, a spokesperson for India’s Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change, said the government had decided against attending in person as the country had already made its views known at the G-20 in Naples , then technical issues prevented its from taking part virtually.
Discussion about this post