Lok Sabha Question No. 3238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: International Cooperation on Climate Crisis
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3238

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2024

## International Cooperation on Climate Crisis

## 3238. SHRI SURESH KUMAR SHETKAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether international cooperation on clean energy and cooling solutions is a crucial step toward addressing the climate crisis, if so, whether the Quad Nations (Australia, India,  Japan,  and  the  United  States)  issued  the  Wilmington  Declaration,  which underscores the Quad's commitment to sustainable energy solutions and detailed a road map for building resilient and secure global clean energy supply chains;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of funds sanctioned/spent, including the assistance taken/to be taken from international organisations and other countries in this regard, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) to  (c)  The  Quad  countries  aim  to  strengthen  cooperation  to  align  policies,  incentives, standards, and investments around creating high-quality, diversified clean energy supply chains that enhance collective energy security, create new economic opportunities across the  region,  and  benefit  local  workers  and  communities  around  the  world,  particularly across the Indo-Pacific.

The  Quad  Partnership  works  through  policy  and  public  finance  to  operationalize  the commitment to catalysing complementary and high-standard private sector investment in allied and partner clean energy supply chains.Secure and diversified clean energy supply chains  are  an  integral  part  of  achieving  the  Indo-Pacific's  collective  energy  security, respective  climate  goals  and  transition  to  a  net  zero  future.  In  2023,  Quad  Leaders announced a Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program which aims to support the development of secure and diversified clean energy supply chains in the IndoPacific region.

While there is no Quad Roadmap for building resilient and secure global clean energy supply chains, as part of the Quad Wilmington Declaration, the leaders of India and the U.S. during  their bilateral  meeting in Wilmington, Delaware,  USA on 21st September 2024 welcomed the 'U.S.-India Roadmap to Build Safe and Secure Global Clean Energy Supply Chains' to accelerate the expansion of safe and secure clean energy supply chains through U.S. and Indian manufacturing of clean energy technologies and components. Under the Roadmap, U.S. and India have committed to work together to unlock USD 1 billion of multilateral financing to support projects across the clean energy value chain for  renewable energy, energy  storage,  power grid and transmission technologies,  high efficiency cooling systems, zero emission vehicles, and other emerging clean technologies.

The  Quad  Fact  Sheet  released  at  the  6th Quad  Leaders'  Summit  in  Wilmington  on 21st September 2024 notes the complementary capabilities that the Quad partners share across the battery supply chain, and pledge to focus near-term efforts on strengthening mineral production, recycling, and battery manufacturing across our respective industries. The Declaration also announced an initiative to boost energy efficiency, including the deployment and manufacturing of affordable, high-efficiency, cooling systems, to enable climate-vulnerable  communities  to  adapt  to  rising  temperatures  while  simultaneously reducing strain on the electricity grid. India has committed to invest USD 2 million in new solar projects in Fiji, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles. On 26 November 2024, the Project Implementation Agreement was signed between Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and International Solar Alliance (ISA) to execute the projects in these Indo-Pacific countries. The  ISA,  as the  Project  Implementing  Agency  (PIA)  would  provide programmatic  assistance  to  Comoros,  Fiji,  Madagascar  and  Seychelles  with  financial support from India.

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