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As talks harden, India drags finance and fairness into the conversation at the annual climate summit.

Welcome to NetZero Now, a weekly newsletter from The Morning Context that covers the latest developments in the burgeoning energy, climate and cleantech ecosystem.
By the end of the first week at COP30 in Brazil, the mood shifted noticeably. The rainforest pageantry and polite diplomacy that marked the opening had run their course. As negotiators moved into the business end of the annual climate talks, India wasted no time signalling that the second week would be far more confrontational.
The clearest flashpoint came when India, speaking for the Like-Minded Developing Countries—a coalition spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America—took the floor …
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Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.