Pushing back on the continued demands for more aggressive climate actions by developing countries, the BASIC group, comprising India, China, Brazil and South Africa, has called out the double standards of developed countries, pointing out that they had not fulfilled even their basic requirements on mitigation, finance and technology transfer. “There has been backtracking on finance and mitigation commitments and pledges by developed countries. There has also been a significant increase in the consumption and production of fossil fuels in the past year by developed countries, even as they continue to press developing countries to move away from the same...