India, Nov. 20 -- Developing countries at the ongoing 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have mounted one of their most unified pushes yet to reshape the global debate on Just Transition (JT), insisting that equity, Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC), national sovereignty and predictable finance must define any outcome delivered in Belem.

This follows week one's proposal by the G77 and China, the largest bloc at the negotiations, representing 134 developing countries, to establish a mechanism that would support the implementation and coordination of the United Arab Emirates' Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP), with a...