INDE PERSPECTIVE

Indian media cover MC14 with a strong critical stance on the CBAM, India being one of the most vocal countries against the mechanism. The Hindu publishes a detailed dossier noting the CBAM will directly affect Indian steel and aluminum exports to the EU — sectors employing millions of workers. The article recalls India has criticized the CBAM at the WTO as a unilateral measure.

The Times of India frames the topic through Global South leadership: India, with Brazil, China and South Africa, forms a common front against the CBAM in Yaoundé negotiations. The message is clear: developing countries will not pay for the West's historical emissions. NDTV notes India is developing its own carbon pricing policies and mutual recognition should be negotiated.

Republic TV strikes an expected nationalist tone, presenting the CBAM as an attack on 'industrializing Bharat.' The Indian Express offers the most nuanced analysis, acknowledging the CBAM could ultimately push India to accelerate its green transition — but the timing is unfair for a country whose per capita emissions remain four times lower than the EU's.