US climate envoy John Kerry with the aim of clean energy makes a 2-day India visit

John Kerry, the US climate envoy, visits India on a 2-day duration concerning the foundation of the UN climate conference scheduled for November.

John Kerry arrived in India on Sunday, with the duration of a two-day visit. The whole schedule of Kerry will include a meet with the Union Environment minister Bhupender Yadav regarding New Delhi’s climate goals.

The discussions would mostly be on clean energy transition as announced by the US State Department on Friday. 

After the meet, there has been a launch of new Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD). This Dialogue has been in one of the main tracks of the US-India Agenda 2030 Partnership, announced by US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Leader Summit on Climate in April. 

John Kerry and Bhupendra Yadav at the Meet John Kerry has also stated that he has spoken to the US and other allied countries to raise Private sector investment in India, helping its efforts towards global warming. 

The Indian Side of the meet

According to the environment ministry officials, the meet will focus on financing clean energy initiatives project. Along with that, there would also be talks on NDC’s (Nationally Determined Contributions).

The ministry also shared a plan in which they are planning to have around 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030, with many other special initiatives launching in the way.

The US side of the meet 

The second visit of John Kerry signified as a part of the US initiative to sustain climate efforts ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). With numerous hinges, the summit is scheduled from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow, UK. 

Statement of the IPCC report

Scientists have warned that the 1.5°C-global warming threshold would be breached by 2040 and would cross likely by 2050 even if there are null carbon emissions, seen in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released last month. 

Many more countries like Denmark, Germany and UK have advised New Delhi to commit a zero-carbon commission target by 2050 and improve the Paris deals intentions made by India.

The Pledges made by India in the 2015 Paris agreement were to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 35% below the 2005 level until 2030. Apart from it also stated to raise non-fossil power generation capacity by 40% by the same time.

The chairperson of the environment ministry, Gaurav Khare, said last week that the IPCC report vindicated India’s position that historical aggregate emissions are the source of the climate crisis that the world confronts today.

Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)

India has also shared a partnership with the US aiming at clean energy sectors. This partnership is known as Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP), primarily targetting energy sectors like biofuels, hydrogen and Liquified petroleum gas (LPG).

The launching of this partnership was dated April 2018 on the technical pillars like the efficiency of power and Energy, Responsibility for Oil and Gas, Renewable energy and sustainable growth. The addition of emerging fuels as a fifth pillar also occurred later in the partnership.