India, Nov. 12 -- For years, the longstanding tussle between developing and developed nations over who will pay for the transition to a greener, more sustainable future has been the biggest barrier, slowing global efforts to achieve the Paris Agreement's key objective of limiting temperature rise to 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels.

With the climate crisis becoming a harsh reality rather than a future concern, world leaders, experts, and civil society representatives meeting in Antalya, Turkey, for COP31 (31st Conference of the Parties) should now realise that it is crucial that the debate about financing must now be accompanied by an equally serious focus on implementation.

COP31 comes a year after COP30 in Belem, which delivered im...