International Solar Alliance a significant initiative

The France and Indian governments have launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) initiative at the at the United Nations climate change summit in Paris, France, to boost solar energy in developing countries.

Mr. Modi, in his meeting with Mr. Obama, also appreciated the openness with which the U.S. President addressed issues with him and said it would help in developing a better understanding.

“We will achieve it by expanding renewable energy – for, example, by adding 175 Gigawatts of renewable generation by 2022”. He said, India wanted developed nations to commit to more progressive targets on emission reductions.

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi visited Paris, France from November 29 to November 30, 2015 to attend the opening session of the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 on November 30, 2015.

“India will be pleased to host this initiative at the premises of our National Institute of Solar Energy”.

Rajni Bakshi, the Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House (an Indian think tank), said: “COP21 is rife with equal measures of promise and danger”.

Modi this new alliance brought together “developed and developing countries, governments and industries, laboratories and institutions, in a common enterprise”.

Leaders from more than 190 countries have gathered in Paris this week to discuss a new agreement for fighting climate change in the next century.

“This day is the sunrise of new hope not just for clean energy, but for villages and homes still in darkness; and for our mornings and evenings filled with a clear view of the glory of the sun”, he said.

In his speech at the India Pavilion, Modi said the problem of climate change is a result of global warming that came from “prosperity and progress” of an industrial age powered by fossil fuel. The Prime Minister highlighted that India has a population of 1.25 billion and out of which 300 million people do not have access to any means of energy.

“Prime Minister Modi’s demand for a fair share of carbon space for developing countries has suggested the way to operationalise equity”, said CSE’s Director General Sunita Narain.

“We still need conventional energy – we need to make it clean, not impose an end to its use”, said Modi, who has argued India will continue to need coal to power its rapid economic growth.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Indian society was tied to the Constitution and to the country’s great values and tradition.

“There is already a revolution in solar energy”. “That is natural climate justice”, Modi asserted.

The proposal includes reducing the intensity of India’s fossil-fuel emissions by 33 percent compared to 2005 levels by 2030.

As part of another commitment, 19 countries, including the U.S., pledged $20bn for clean energy research, with the money to be disbursed in the next five years.