India, Nov. 22 -- As we entered the second week of the ongoing 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), countries from the Global South and North doubled down on their positions and articulated their non-negotiables in the outcomes.

Observers also anticipated a shift in the nature of negotiations as ministers from numerous countries arrived, signalling a greater political goodwill in the negotiations. The COP presidency also asked the co-faciliators of all the agenda items to wrap up the negotiations by November 18. However, that did not materialise

In this context, the spotlight was well and truly on delivering an outcome on implementing just transition pathways. Howeve...