The Congress on Thursday (April 9, 2026) attacked the Centre over India withdrawing its bid to host the COP33 climate summit in 2028, and said it reflects the Modi Government's true commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement both in letter and spirit.
The Opposition party said the decision also calls into question the government's true commitment to take on more ambitious carbon mitigation goals in the short and medium term.
Congress general secretary and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh recalled that on December 1, 2023, the Prime Minister had announced grandly in Dubai that India would be hosting the annual UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP) in India in late 2028.
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"Clearly the intention was to milk the global gathering for whatever it is worth in the months before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections like Mr. Modi did by having the G20 Summit in New Delhi a few months before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls," Mr. Ramesh said on X.
