India's points included in COP27 draft text
The Times of India Hyderabad|November 20, 2022
The draft decision text of the 27th session of the UN climate talks (COP27), released on Saturday, carried in the mitigation clause the two key points made by India, which had not been included in the initial draft released on Friday.
Vishwa Mohan
India's points included in COP27 draft text

The first point is "phase down" of unabated coal power, while the second one is about the conditionality of fossil fuel subsidies which relates to "providing targeted support to the poorest and most vulnerable". The initial draft used "phase out" (instead of phase down) for coal and missed the targeted support point, resulting in facing objections from India.

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