India, June 10 -- What stands out ultimately is the lack of commitment from any major bloc to definitively lead the fossil fuel transition

At the 28 th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai last year, the headline issue of Global Stocktake (GST) ended in a historic call on countries to transition away from fossil fuels.

GST is a periodic assessment of countries' progress towards the goal of the Paris Agreement, with the first one ending in 2023. One of the many agreements following its culmination was to have an Annual GST Dialogue, where countries could discuss their progress on implementing GST outcomes and the challenges they face in doing so.

At the Bonn Climate Conferen...