New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The UN Climate meeting (COP30) must respond - to the state of the nationally determined contribution (NDCs), to the road map to $1.3 trillion annually of accessible finance, deployable at speed and scale. It must show climate multilateralism continues to deliver: with strong outcomes across all negotiations, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said ahead of the New York Climate Week on Wednesday. His comments came at what is being seen as very difficult times for climate action by experts. HT reported on September 15 that as the UN Climate Conference (COP30) approaches, experts are concerned that climate crisis is not being prioritised by parties, owing to a number of factors like lack of political consensus, a difficult geo-political situation, and the impact of unilateral trade measures. Last week EU's environment ministers did not agree on a binding climate plan to cut greenhouse gases over the period till 2035. They only released a "statement of intent" stating that the EU will be submitting the next NDC of the EU with an indicative 2035 target of reduction in net GHG emissions of a number expected to be between 66.25% and 72.5% compared to 1990 levels. The range has been criticised by environmental groups for being not as ambitious as they had expected. Experts have said there is a leadership vacuum this year as US has announced that it will withdraw from the Paris Agreement; EU is still trying to forge consensus on an ambitious NDC as Germany; France and Hungary have not yet come on board according to those aware of the matter. "It (COP30) must respond - to the state of the NDCs, to the road map to $1.3 trillion annually of accessible finance, deployable at speed and scale, to progress made and where acceleration is most needed. It must show climate multilateralism continues to deliver: with strong outcomes across all negotiations," Stiell said adding that "It must leave no-one behind. That means delivering for the most vulnerable in all regions..."...