India, Nov. 17 -- On November 15, during a COP30 negotiation meeting on finance at Belem, India accused developed countries of violating and deviating away from the Paris Agreement, and demanded that climate funding should be "predictable, additional, and devoid of greenwashing". Several countries and country groups supported India in its tirade against the developed countries bloc.

India made the intervention speaking on behalf of the LMDC group (like minded developed countries). New Delhi alleged that the "new collective quantified goal (NCQG)" value arrived at the Baku climate summit last year, $300 million from 2035, was a 'suboptimal decision' without a clear commitment from developed countries.

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