United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, on Monday said that the US will assist India in attracting finance and technology to achieve its 450GW renewable energy target for 2030, as announced earlier by Prime Minister Modi.

Kerry is on a three-day visit to India for the launch of Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue (CAFMD) under India-US Climate Clean Energy Agenda 2030. This comes just before PM Modi’s scheduled visit to the United States, as well as the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November.

Kerry on Monday said that the United States will promote bilateral clean energy investment and trade. He also added that the US is urging all countries to raise climate ambition in the lead up to the COP26 conference. He was of the opinion that if India seizes the clean energy opportunity, it could become the world’s largest market for batteries and solar panels.

Kerry, along with Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Monday launched the Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue between the two countries, which Kerry has called a “powerful avenue for US-India collaboration”.

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