(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: India-US Clean Energy Partnership

Topic: India-US Clean Energy Partnership

Guest:

Mohan Kumar, (Former Ambassador)
Shirish S Garud, (Senior Fellow, Renewable Energy Technologies, TERI)

Topic Description:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday that India and the US are launching a clean energy Agenda 2030 partnership to mobilise investments and enable green collaborations.

Addressing the virtual summit on climate, hosted by US President Joe Biden and attended by 40 global leaders, PM Modi pitched for concrete action at a high speed and on a large scale globally to combat climate change.

He asserted that India has taken several bold steps on clean energy, energy efficiency and bio-diversity despite its development challenges, adding that the country’s carbon footprint is 60% lower than the global average.

The Prime Minister said as a climate-responsible developing country, India welcomes partners to create templates of sustainable development in India, and these can help other developing countries as well who need affordable access to green finance and clean technologies.