India-EU: Global dynamics
The HinduWith carbon neutrality being the byword to a sustainable world, a host of countries — Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Japan, Germany, Canada, Costa Rica, the United States, Brazil, India, and China among others — have set for themselves net-zero targets for the middle and later part of the century. CBAM: carbon-pricing system To attain carbon neutrality, the EU has set forth immediate targets and has brought out the ‘Fit-for-55’ package, a communication of its 2030 climate targets. Editorial | Overcoming differences: On India’s new push for stronger ties with Europe History provides several instances of conflict between domestic restrictive policies stating environmental concern and trade openness such as the Shrimp-Turtle Case and Air Transport Association of America vs Energy Secretary Case for Energy and Climate Change. According to the EU, revenue collected from CBAM will be a part of the EU’s budget, the NextGenerationEU, a recent initiative launched to provide economic support to EU member countries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019-20, India-EU trade accounted for ₹63.8 billion in goods, while a total of 1.9% of EU’s total trade in goods in 2020 came to India.