♦ India will host a Global Big Cats Summit in New Delhi in 2026, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on 17 November 2025. Speaking at the High-Level Ministerial Segment on the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) at the UN climate conference CoP30 in Belem, Brazil, he urged renewed global cooperation to protect big cat species and their habitats as part of broader climate and biodiversity action.

♦ The Minister thanked Brazil for hosting the event and highlighted the timeliness of the theme, ‘Protecting Big Cats, Protecting Climate and Biodiversity.’ 

♦ Yadav stressed that big cat landscapes must be treated as nature-based climate solutions and urged countries to place such measures at the heart of future climate commitments.

♦ Yadav said the IBCA, a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rooted in the principle of ‘One Earth, One World, One Future,’ now has 17 member countries, with more than 30 others expressing interest.