India, China Break Ranks at COP28 on Target for Renewables
Voice of America
Xie Zhenhua, China's special envoy for climate, speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bhupender Yadav, India's environment and labor minister, leaves a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Climate activists protest after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 13, 2023.
Widespread satisfaction over a pledge for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was tempered at COP28 by the failure of China and India — the world’s most populous nations — to endorse a related promise to triple their sources of renewable energy by 2030.
Swiss President Viola Amherd, center, speaks during a press conference ahead of the Ukraine peace conference being organized by Switzerland, in Bern on June 10, 2024. Ukrainian flags flutter over hundreds graves of Ukrainian servicemen killed in fighting since the Russian invasion, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 6, 2024.