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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Should India set a higher bar to address climate change?
Description: In a historic first, all 198 signatories to the 28th United Nationsâ Conference of the Parties (COP28) adopted to âtransition awayâ from âall fossil fuelsâ as opposed to only coal, as was agreed upon at COP26, in Glasgow. India had played a pivotal role in Glasgow in modifying the language from âphasing outâ coal to âphasing it downâ. Unsurprisingly, it supported the incumbent COP President Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber of the UAE when he proposed to âtransition awayâ from oil and gas, as opposed to âphasing outâ, as demanded by several developed countries and small island nations. As the third largest emitter of gr...