India, China attack EU on Carbon tax

New Delhi: India, China and other major developing economies on Tuesday attacked European Union saying the bloc's "unilateral" decision to levy charges on international flights "in the name of climate change" would "seriously jeopardise" efforts to fight global warming.
Talking tough on the issue of EU's Emission Trading Scheme during their 10th meeting on Climate Change here, Environment Ministers of the BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China- noted that the measure on aviation sector "violates international law including the principles and provisions of UNFCCC and runs counter to multilateralism".
"Ministers noted that the unilateral action by EU in the name of climate change was taken despite strong international opposition and would seriously jeopardise the international efforts to combat climate change," said a joint statement issued by the the BASIC group at the conclusion of the two-day meeting.
The Ministers-- Jayanthi Natarajan (India), Xie Zhenhua (China), Francisco Gaetani (Brazil) and Alfred James Wills (South Africa)-- also "recognised the threat of similar unilateral measures being
14/02/12 ZeeNews

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Categories: Foreign Feb 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2012