UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) President Andre Aranha Correa do Lago on Friday announced that three major implementation roadmaps would be released before November, and said India was at the center of global strategies to implement the $1.3 trillion climate finance blueprint, transition from fossil fuels, and end deforestation by 2030.
Speaking to a panel at the London School of Economics (LSE) during London Climate Action Week 2026, Lago stated that the upcoming documents focus entirely on implementation rather than negotiation before Brazil transfers the COP presidency to Turkey.
Lago noted that one of the documents, written with the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Change, details how to implement the $1.3 trillion annual target recognized in Belém. “Most people think the COP is a negotiating thing, but this is an implementation document. There are two other roadmaps, which India again considers absolutely essential. One is on transitioning away from fossil fuels and the other is on ending deforestation by 2030,” he added.
The event coincided with the first meeting of the High-Level Council on Green Transition, which was launched at the Raisina 2026 Dialogue in India. The council, headed by economist NK Singh, who chaired the 15th Finance Commission, will address emerging market pathways and will determine climate financing under the UNFCCC – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – through quarterly workshops lasting until March 2027.
Singh stated that the climate debate has shifted from goals to implementation, strongly driven by the cost of capital. “The biases and inclinations of many institutions, including credit rating agencies, often become a major constraint,” Singh said, highlighting system bottlenecks such as energy storage and grid transmission.
Singh was chairing a panel discussion with key members of the Board of Directors.
Among them was Lord Nicholas Stern, head of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics, who said that the green transition was the first development story of the 21st century. “There is a paradox that as climate science becomes more alarming, political commentary becomes more tenuous,” Stern said, warning that the risks facing India remain unacknowledged.
UK Special Representative Rachel Kate said private capital must match domestic energy transitions, citing various experiences such as that of Pakistan, where domestic solar accounts for 25% of generation, and South Korea, where a pro-net-zero government is battling rising gas prices to emphasize strategies that take into account different pathways.
