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Glasgow summit: India has its way in COP26 deal on coal usage

The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first-ever UN climate deal to plan to reduce coal usage

Bhupender Yadav, India's minister for Environment and Climate Change, attends a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Bhupender Yadav, India's minister for Environment and Climate Change, at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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1 min read Last Updated : Nov 15 2021 | 2:22 AM IST

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded with a deal that recognises India’s intervention for the world to “phase down”, rather than “phase out” fossil fuels.

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After a huddle between the envoys from India, China, the US and the EU, a clause was hurriedly amended to ask countries to “phase down” their coal use.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact

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