With the end of India’s presidency of the G20 coinciding with the start of COP28 (on 30 November 2023 in Dubai), CAN Europe and CAN South Asia published a policy brief on Thursday 20 July to assess the progress of the EU-India partnership on clean energy and climate.
The two sides made the partnership, which was created in 2015, a key element of ‘EU-India Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025’ (see EUROPE 12495/36) at their joint summit in May 2020. A year later, a Sustainable Connectivity Partnership (see EUROPE 12716/4) including climate-relevant elements followed a few weeks after the first ‘EU-India High Level Dialogue on Climate Change’ (see EUROPE 12698/22).
But since then, “no major bilateral summit has been held between India and the EU” and “seems to be planned”.
With this in mind, the European NGO coalition and its South Asian counterpart are offering an in-depth analysis of the activities undertaken by the partnership, as well as the perspectives of the main stakeholders. The report makes fifteen recommendations, some of which have been put forward by civil society, ranging from strengthening cooperation, developing research and access to knowledge, and taking greater account of gender justice. An update is planned in the run-up to COP28.
See note: https://aeur.eu/f/86t (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)