India Against Proposed Trade Ban on Climate Policy

According to the Associated Press, India has proposed a clause to bar any country refusing to accept goods based on its climate policy. This is in response to the U.S. imposing penalities to countries who do not participate in the commitment to limit greenhouse emissions or to a climate policy.

This new agreement is currently in discussion and if passed would replace the current Kyoto Accord. Currently, only 37 developed countries are obligated to follow this accord to reduce its greenhouse emissions by 2012 (US rejected this agreement), but developing countries, such as China and India are encouraged to follow this doctrine.

The agreement is set to go to vote in Copenhagen in December.

Unless every country contributes more, the final agreement could become known as “greenwash Copenhagen,” said Aileen Yang, the climate campaign manager for Greenpeace China.

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