New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- India has stepped up pressure on developed nations to honour their climate finance commitments, asserting that poorer countries cannot be expected to shoulder the growing costs of fighting climate change while meeting their own development needs.

At the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Antalya, Turkiye, India said equity, adaptation and a just energy transition must remain central to global climate negotiations, particularly for developing economies.

Delivering India's opening statement, Narendra Bhooshan, secretary at the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, said developed countries had an obligation under the Paris Agreement to prov...