On October 14, 2025, Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav addressed the Global Stock Take (GST) breakout session during Pre-CoP30 Meetings in Brasilia on October 13th. He emphasized India's commitment to the Paris Agreement, highlighting the successful conclusion of the first GST, which is a five-year process to assess global progress towards the agreement's goals. The Minister stated that the GST is designed to strengthen ambition by enabling parties to evaluate progress, identify gaps, and guide actions domestically and globally. Shri Yadav stressed that future GSTs should avoid rushing scientific assessments without proper discussion and that science must follow rigor, accuracy, and robustness. He also emphasized the urgent need to address the lack of resources for developing countries to deliver adaptation and mitigation measures. The release ID is 2178748.
Key Entities Referenced
Paris Agreement: An international agreement on climate change.
Global Stock Take (GST): A five-year process to assess the world's collective progress toward the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Brasilia: Location of Pre-CoP30 Meetings.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: The primary ministry responsible for environmental policy in India.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
India emphasises faithfulness to Paris Agreement
Architecture and Dialogue-Based Approach to
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At Pre-CoP30 Meetings in Brasilia, Union
Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav calls for
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Posted On: 14 OCT 2025 10:50AM by PIB Delhi
Addressing the Global Stock Take (GST) breakout session during Pre-CoP30 Meetings in Brasilia on 13th
October, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav acknowledged
the successful conclusion of the first GST, and stated that it represented a significant affirmation that the Paris
Agreement is being implemented in earnest.
GST is a five-year process to assess the world's collective progress toward the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Shri Yadav highlighted that the GST is designed to strengthen ambition by performing three essential roles —
enabling Parties to evaluate collective progress, identify remaining gaps, and guide enhanced actions both
domestically and globally.
In this sense, the Minister stated, the GST functions as the driving force of the Agreement, fostering political
momentum and sustaining dynamic efforts toward higher ambition. The focus on these aspects within the
Dialogue would help promote international cooperation and domestic climate action informed by the GST
outcomes.
For future GSTs, the Minister proposed that there should be no rushing for the inclusion of scientific
assessments without proper discussion on their global relevance. Science, he said, must follow rigor,
accuracy, and robustness, with due consideration from all relevant sources.
“We must now focus on implementing ambitious climate measures and, above all, addressing the most
pressing challenge: the urgent lack of resources for developing countries to deliver adaptation and mitigation”,
the Minister added. He stressed that the time for continuous reviews without action has passed. “Dialogue is
important, but action is imperative”, he said.
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(Release ID: 2178748)