Environment minister heads to Brazilfor pre-COP talks ahead of summit

October 12, 2025

New Delhi: UnionEnvironment Minister Bhupender Yadavwill attend thepre-COP meetingin Brasilia on October 13 and 14 as India steps up preparations for theUN climate summit COP30, which will be held in Belem, Brazil, in November.

The minister confirmed his travel on his X account.

The two-day pre-COP brings together environment and climate ministers, senior negotiators and observers to narrow differences on politically sensitive topics and try to build ministerial consensus ahead of the UN climate conference in Belem. The COP30 presidency earlier said that the Brasilia meeting is expected to host between 30 and 50 delegations and roughly 800 participants.

Ministers use pre-COPs to test negotiating text, identify shared ground on sensitive matters and prepare ministerial positions so that negotiations at the main COP can advance faster. Pre-COPs are not formalUNFCCCevents but have become routine host-country instruments to focus ministerial attention on a short list of political questions that negotiators otherwise take weeks to resolve.

COP30 is taking place against a complex geopolitical backdrop, with the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and several developed countries reassessing their climate strategies amid economic and energy security pressures.

In the run-up to the annual climate meeting, disagreements overclimate finance, the pace and responsibility for the energy transition and burdens on developing countries remain sharp.

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