New Delhi, March 16: India on Monday hit out at developed nations for putting "conditions" and "adding dimensions" such as carbon tariff and trade competitiveness for action on climate change.
"Action on climate change cannot be based on conditions.
Once we start going in that direction, it means we start going for protectionism under green label and it is harmful to India’s interest seeking sustainable development," India’s special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran said at a seminar on business response to climate change organised by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development.
"In that context we see issues coming up, sometimes in the form of carbon tariff or greater tariff change or opening up of market which developed countries want to impose on us," he added.
