Former Environment Secretary Leena Nandan has said that India’s decade-long opposition to using trade measures as climate instruments has finally been acknowledged at the global level, with this year’s COP declaration formally recognising the need for a dialogue on trade and climate change.

Addressing the Post-COP Dialogue titled “Beyond Belem – Charting the Next Phase of Global Climate Action” hosted by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) and TERI, Nandan said the inclusion of trade in the outcome text marks a “major takeaway” for developing countries, especially after years of resistance from developed economies.

She noted that India had flagged the issue as early as 2015 during the Paris COP, when the Prime Minister’s national statement made it clear that unilateral economic barrier

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