Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal questioned developed countries over their contribution to global carbon emissions and climate finance commitments at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Germany in October 2026. During the discussion, Goyal asked who was responsible for the carbon released into the atmosphere and said India accounts for 17% of the world's population but contributes less than 3% of historical carbon emissions. According to the European Commission's Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), India accounted for 8.33% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2025. Goyal also questioned developed countries over their commitment to provide $100 billion annually in climate finance to developing countries. Referring to the pledge, he said India had not received the promised support even 11 years after the Paris climate conference in 2015. He said the agreement recognised that developed countries, which had benefited from decades of industrial growth, would pay a greater share and support developing countries and island nations. Goyal's remarks focused on the responsibility of developed nations for historical emissions and their commitments to help developing countries address climate change.