India withdraws offer to host COP33 climate summit in 2028

Exam-focused facts from the 10 April 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

India is no longer inclined to host the COP33 climate meeting in 2028, according to official sources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had offered to host COP33 during the COP28 meeting in Dubai in December 2023.
A COP33 cell was set up under the Climate Change division in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) last year to prepare for hosting the event.
COP33 is scheduled to carry out the second Global Stocktake (GST) to assess progress on the Paris Agreement target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 or 2 degree Celsius.
The first GST was held at COP28 in Dubai in 2023.
As host and President, India would be expected to champion the global climate cause, potentially conflicting with its national positions on climate issues.