Climate Action: US climate envoy John Kerry may visit India this month. India News – Times of India

New Delhi: US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry May visit India this month to discuss ways to start talks between the two countries under climate action and finance mobilization dialogue (CAFMD) on various issues including cooperation in the field of renewable energy.
The two countries jointly launched CAFMD in September last year. CAFMD is one of the two tracks of the India-US Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership, which was launched by the Prime Minister at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate in April 2021. Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden,
environment minister Bhupender Yadav and Kerry had a telephone conversation late Monday evening on various climate change and renewable energy-related issues.
“In the call, they discussed a range of issues including a possible visit by Kerry to Delhi; India’s ambitious goals announced during COP26 and the prospects for working together to achieve these goals. The two leaders discussed the way forward through the pillars identified under the CAFMD. They agreed to start negotiations under CAFMD at the earliest,” the environment ministry said in a statement.

It said, “Yadav highlighted the importance and need of focusing on LIFE (Lifestyle for the Environment), a word campaign launched by the Prime Minister of India during COP26 in Glasgow, and mainstreaming it across the world. How did it need to be brought?
The two leaders also discussed about the upcoming meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF).
The four pillars of CAFMD between the two countries include climate action, finance mobilization, forestry and adaptation and resilience.
Under the column ‘Climate Action’, India has proposed to enhance dialogue on climate change issues, advance climate action, develop roadmaps for climate action, use energy and economic models and climate cooperation in relevant multilateral fora. .
Under ‘Finance Mobilization’, India has proposed that this pillar should not be limited to finance to increase non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. The country wants this track to also include funding for climate action. Climate change adaptation.

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