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France threatens to block funds for India over climate inaction
France threatens to withhold €500 million in EU climate funds to India over lack of updated emissions plans, urging stronger commitments to meet Paris Agreement goals.
- On Monday, France warned it could block €500 million in EU climate funds to India under a recent trade accord unless New Delhi strengthens its emissions commitments and submits a Paris-aligned plan.
- Nationally Determined Contributions are five-year emission plans required under the 2015 Paris Agreement; more than 60 countries, including India, missed a United Nations deadline last year to submit updated versions.
- Monique Barbut, France's ecological transition minister, told AFP Brussels must adopt a "more transactional approach," saying "I am not in favour of such funding until India submits a Nationally Determined Contribution in accordance with its commitments."
- EU climate ministers are due to discuss the 27-nation bloc's climate diplomacy in Brussels on Tuesday, with heightened stakes given India's status as the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter.
- The dispute stems from India's January trade deal with Brussels, which linked climate finance to emissions action. Barbut told the European Commission "This clearly means: 'We only pay if you act'," signaling France's intent to enforce conditionality.
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