New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- As climate finance emerges as a major sticking point in negotiations at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Turkiye, UN climate chief Simon Stiell has stressed the need for countries to deliver on their existing financial commitments, saying this is key to translating climate plans into investments and tangible action on the ground.

In an interview with ANI, Stiell, who is overseeing the international climate negotiations at COP31, called for efforts to accelerate the tripling of adaptation finance by 2035 even as the African Group of Negotiators' (AGN) proposal to include tripling adaptation finance as a standalone agenda item at COP31 failed to secure consensus among parties.

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