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3.67. On 25 April 2022, India's Prime Minister Modi and Commission President von der Leyen agreed to establish an EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) to provide political steer on strategic issues at the nexus of trade, trusted technology and security, and to deepen their bilateral coordination in these fields. [15] (...)
[15] Following preparatory discussions with the Indian authorities, the EU-India TTC foresees the setting up of three Working Groups (WGs), namely: (...); WG2 on Green and Clean Energy Technologies; (...)

4.1. (...) the EU also deploys autonomous trade and development policy tools with the objective of fulfilling its political commitment to support sustainable development globally, as reflected in the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (...)

4.3. (...) the GSP+ arrangement requires countries to fulfil, ratify and effectively implement a total of 27 international conventions covering core human and labour rights, environmental protection, and good governance. (...)
[The Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP+) grants mostly duty-free treatment to essentially the same 66% of tariff lines after application and a positive assessment by the EU.]

4.4. The EU GSP [Generalised Scheme of Preferences] is undergoing a review since the current Regulation expires on 31 December 2023. (...) Targeted improvements aim to better respond to the evolving needs of developing countries and reinforce the scheme's social and environmental impact. (...)

4.5. To support developing countries' integration into the world economy, poverty reduction and sustainable development, the EU views Aid for Trade (AfT) as a crucial tool. EU and Member States' AfT is based on the 2017 joint AfT Strategy, with five overarching priorities: (...) (iii) stronger focus on social and environmental sustainability and inclusive economic growth; (...)

4.6. (...) Following the integration of the European Green Deal, EU AfT [Aid for Trade] targeting climate change adaptation or mitigation has been steadily growing over the decade, tripling in real terms between 2011 and 2020, with almost half of EU AfT addressing climate change by 2020. EU AfT addressing environmental issues more than doubled over the same period.

4.7. EU AfT [Aid for Trade] is a tool to deliver on the Global Gateway. Launched in December 2021 it is a new strategy to mobilize investments totalling EUR 300 billion over the period 2021-27. (...) In line with the EU's geopolitical objectives and commitment to the 2030 Agenda, the Global Gateway strategy aims to boost smart, clean and secure investments in digital, energy and transport, (...)

5.1. In late 2019, the European Commission tabled an agenda to become the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050. The European Green Deal, which is based on that target, is a comprehensive plan to make the EU's economy and society ready for a climate neutral future.

5.2. The European Green Deal seeks to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, economic growth is decoupled from resource use, and no one is left behind in what will be a just transition.

5.3. The European Green Deal provides a comprehensive set of actions to reach these goals, in the form of strategies, regulations, standards in the areas of climate, energy, transport, agriculture, industry, environment and oceans, finance and regional development, research and innovation (see below in section 5.1.1 an overview of the actions).