Work at global forums, with neighbors seen as threatening energy security

20260116 Harjeet Singh

Harjeet Singh attends a session at the COP29 U.N. climate summit in Baku in November 2024. Properties linked to Singh were recently searched by Indian authorities. © AP

QURATULAIN REHBAR

NEW DELHI — India is drawing firmer lines around climate advocacy, framing foreign-funded environmental campaigns as risks to energy security and the national interest, even as the government expands renewable energy and promotes itself as a global climate leader.