As climate change, environment and energy trade are likely to be an issue in future negotiations at the WTO, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) has decided to give added focus in these sectors. It urged India to move from its position as a ?taker of standards? to ?maker of standards.?
The ISO secretary-general, Alan Bryden in an interaction with the industry in Delhi on Thursday said, ?We have formulated some norms like environmental management, environmental labeling, life cycle analysis, greenhouse gas emissions accounting and verification, air, water and soil quality, ship recycling, but we need to do more in the area, particularly in relation to climate change and trading in emission credits.?
