COP30: India Strengthens Global Climate and Biodiversity Engagement via LeadIT, Revised NDCs and Big-Cat Conservation Summit
SDG 13: Climate Action | SDG 15: Life On Land
Institutions: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
At the 30th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Belém, Brazil (17 Nov 2025), India made three related announcements:
• As co-chair of Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), India reaffirmed its commitment to advancing “low-carbon industrial pathways” and noted that the platform now has 18 member countries and 27 companies.
• India declared that it will submit its Revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through to 2035 and release its first Biennial Transparency Report, while calling on developed countries to deliver climate finance “at scale – trillions, not billions”.
• On biodiversity and nature-based climate action, India asserted its global leadership in big-cat conservation, linking it to climate mitigation and adaptation, announced it will host a Global Big Cats Summit in New Delhi in 2026, and called for expanded membership of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).
India’s messaging and commitments at COP30 show that the MoEFCC is broadening its narrative beyond purely emissions-targets, to include industrial-transition platforms (LeadIT), transparency and accountability (Revised NDC/BTR) and nature-based climate solutions (IBCA/big cats). This aligns with the country’s broader agendas like the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement, the Green Hydrogen Mission, and “Amrit Kaal” climate pathways leading up to 2047. For climate and environment policy stakeholders in India, this signals a deeper embedding of climate action across industrial, ecological and diplomatic domains.
What is LeadIT? → LeadIT (Leadership Group for Industry Transition) is an international platform, launched by India and Sweden, bringing together governments, industries and research institutions to accelerate low-carbon industrial pathways globally.
What is the IBCA? → The International Big Cat Alliance is a global forum of big-cat range countries that aims to conserve large-cat species and their landscapes — India announced it will host a summit in 2026 to deepen global cooperation.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders:
How will India determine the level of ambition and sectoral targets for its revised NDCs up to 2035?
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