G20 Meeting on Energy Transitions & Global Environment for Sustainable Growth 15/06/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau

G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth

(Ministry of New and Renewable Energy)

WHAT

G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth being held in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

  • The meeting is co-organized by the Ministry of the Environment and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese G20 presidency is to be held from 15th to 16th June in 2019.
  • India is implementing one of the largest Renewable Energy expansion programs, Energy Efficiency programmes.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • India’s pathbreaking achievements in household electrification and providing energy access to all.
  • India will achieve  40% RE in energy mix by 2030.
  • India is moving towards the achievement of target to fulfill our commitments made in Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
  • Various energy efficiency programs such as through PAT, UJALA, Standard & Labelling, ECBC etc and reiterated India’s commitment for greener and healthier planet.
  • India is achieving one of the largest expansion of renewable energy in the world.
  • India has become a net exporter of power in past 5 years.
  • India’s achievements in – Transmission systems – One nation one Grid, Green Energy Corridors etc.

 

G20

The G20 is made up of 19 countries and the EU. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US.

Founded in 1999 with the aim to discuss policy pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability.

The G20 has expanded its agenda since 2008 and heads of government or heads of state, as well as finance ministers and foreign ministers, have periodically conferred at summits ever since.

 

Source: PIB

 

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