Australian FM Julie Bishop's recent visit to New Delhi; Australia joins International Solar Alliance led by India & France
From https://www.facebook.com/JBishopMP/posts/1389648887737676 dated 19-Jul-2017:
Delighted to meet the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on our growing trade, education and defence links. Indian Ocean friends and partners [India and Australia flags] #NewDelhi
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From https://www.facebook.com/JBishopMP/photos/a.466372936731947.90820.463915156977725/1389643984404833/ dated 19-Jul-2017
Joining India Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and over 30 countries in International Solar Alliance to develop solar technology International Solar Alliance Josh Frydenberg
http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170719.aspx
The Australian Government has formally indicated its intention to join the International Solar Alliance, an important initiative to boost cooperation on new technologies and provide new opportunities for Australia’s world-leading expertise.
The Solar Alliance, led by the Governments of India and France, aims to deepen cooperation on solar research and development, financing mechanisms, and diffusion of solar technology amongst countries in the tropics. It will help broaden energy access, as part of a mix of affordable and secure energy sources, as nation’s [Ravi: should be nations, I guess] work to meet emissions targets under the Paris Agreement.
During a visit to India in April, the Prime Minister announced Australia would join the International Solar Alliance. On her visit to New Delhi this week the Foreign Minister signed a framework agreement while participating in the Australia-India Foreign Minister’s Framework Dialogue.
In sun-rich countries like Australia and India, solar energy has significant potential to help meet the energy demands of growing economies.
Australia is known for its leadership in the solar sector. As a continent rich in solar resources, Australia has significant expertise in remote electrification and developing innovative financing models.
Australia joins 34 other countries in signing the Solar Alliance framework agreement. In joining, Australia looks forward to collaborating with India, France and other members to play a leading role in the Solar Alliance.
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Some extracts from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solar_Alliance are given below:
The International Solar Alliance is an alliance of more than 120 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which come either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The alliance's primary objective is work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This initiative was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a speech in November 2015 at Wembley Stadium, in which he referred to sunshine countries as suryaputra ("sons of the sun"). The alliance is a treaty-based inter-governmental organization. Countries that do not fall within the Tropics can join the ISA and enjoy all benefits as other members, with the exception of voting rights.
The initiative was launched by Modi at the India Africa Summit, and a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015. The Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance opened for signatures in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016, and 121 countries have joined.
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The ISA is to be headquartered in India. In January 2016, Narendra Modi, and the French President François Hollande jointly laid the foundation stone of the ISA Headquarters and inaugurated the interim Secretariat of the ISA at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in Gwalpahari, Gurugram. The Indian government has dedicated five acres of land on the NISE campus for ISA's future headquarters; it also has contributed ₹1.75 billion (US$27 million) to the fund to build the ISA campus and for meeting expenditures for the ISA's first five years.
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[I thank facebook.com/JBishopMP, foreignminister.gov.au and wikipedia and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts and pics from their websites on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
Delighted to meet the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on our growing trade, education and defence links. Indian Ocean friends and partners [India and Australia flags] #NewDelhi
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From https://www.facebook.com/JBishopMP/photos/a.466372936731947.90820.463915156977725/1389643984404833/ dated 19-Jul-2017
Joining India Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and over 30 countries in International Solar Alliance to develop solar technology International Solar Alliance Josh Frydenberg
http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170719.aspx
Ravi: I added the following comment to above Facebook post: Great to see Australia join the initiative for more solar development and research in an international co-operation framework.Ravi: The article link given earlier, http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170719.aspx, is titled "Australia signs the International Solar Alliance". It is a media release by the Hon Julie Bishop (Australian) MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Hon Josh Frydenberg (Australian) MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, dated 19th July 2017. The contents of the media release are given below.
The Australian Government has formally indicated its intention to join the International Solar Alliance, an important initiative to boost cooperation on new technologies and provide new opportunities for Australia’s world-leading expertise.
The Solar Alliance, led by the Governments of India and France, aims to deepen cooperation on solar research and development, financing mechanisms, and diffusion of solar technology amongst countries in the tropics. It will help broaden energy access, as part of a mix of affordable and secure energy sources, as nation’s [Ravi: should be nations, I guess] work to meet emissions targets under the Paris Agreement.
During a visit to India in April, the Prime Minister announced Australia would join the International Solar Alliance. On her visit to New Delhi this week the Foreign Minister signed a framework agreement while participating in the Australia-India Foreign Minister’s Framework Dialogue.
In sun-rich countries like Australia and India, solar energy has significant potential to help meet the energy demands of growing economies.
Australia is known for its leadership in the solar sector. As a continent rich in solar resources, Australia has significant expertise in remote electrification and developing innovative financing models.
Australia joins 34 other countries in signing the Solar Alliance framework agreement. In joining, Australia looks forward to collaborating with India, France and other members to play a leading role in the Solar Alliance.
---- end media release ---
Some extracts from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solar_Alliance are given below:
The International Solar Alliance is an alliance of more than 120 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which come either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The alliance's primary objective is work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This initiative was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a speech in November 2015 at Wembley Stadium, in which he referred to sunshine countries as suryaputra ("sons of the sun"). The alliance is a treaty-based inter-governmental organization. Countries that do not fall within the Tropics can join the ISA and enjoy all benefits as other members, with the exception of voting rights.
The initiative was launched by Modi at the India Africa Summit, and a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015. The Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance opened for signatures in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016, and 121 countries have joined.
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The ISA is to be headquartered in India. In January 2016, Narendra Modi, and the French President François Hollande jointly laid the foundation stone of the ISA Headquarters and inaugurated the interim Secretariat of the ISA at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in Gwalpahari, Gurugram. The Indian government has dedicated five acres of land on the NISE campus for ISA's future headquarters; it also has contributed ₹1.75 billion (US$27 million) to the fund to build the ISA campus and for meeting expenditures for the ISA's first five years.
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[I thank facebook.com/JBishopMP, foreignminister.gov.au and wikipedia and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts and pics from their websites on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
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