New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- India's environment minister called for restoring trust in global climate negotiations during talks with the UN climate chief on Saturday, amid growing tensions over climate finance and unprecedented global temperature records.

Bhupender Yadav emphasised the critical importance of climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building during his meeting with UN Climate chief Simon Stiell, stressing that these elements are "core to enable climate action by developing countries".

"Voices of the Global South should form the basis of ongoing and future climate discourse," Yadav wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the meeting.

The high-level talks come as global temperatures continue to shatter records, with January ...