PM Modi launches solar alliance, recall wealthy countries of 'green' promises

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Paris: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a solar alliance on the occasion of climate change of some 120-odd nations in Paris on Monday and asked the wealthy nations to shoulder their responsibilities in protecting the environment, with funding and transfer of clean technology to poor and emerging economies without further delay.
"Today, when the energy sources and the excesses of our industrial age have put our planet in peril, the world must turn to Sun to power our future," the prime minister said at the alliance launch. French President Francois Hollande was present there during the alliance launch. "This is an alliance that brings together the developed and developing countries, governments and industries, laboratories and institutions in a common enterprise," PM Modi said, offering to host this initiative in India, providing the requisite land and also making a contribution of $30 million for the proposed secretariat. During his various engagements at the 21st Session of the Conference of Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and side events, Modi said India has done its bit by targeting 175 gigawatt of renewable energy in seven years, and said the world must also act with urgency, led by rich nations. "The entire world, 196 nations, have come together to shape the future of this world and the health of our planet," said Modi. The prime minister, who landed here on Sunday, also held two sided talks with Presidents Hollande and Obama, as also Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, besides an unexpected brief meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "India ' s progress is our fortune and the right of our people. But we must also lead in fighting climate change," said Modi, while assuring 40 percent of India ' s installed energy capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030. "We have a target for renewable generation of 175 gigawatt by 2022. We have got off to a good start, with nearly 12 gigawatt likely to be installed by 2016, more than three times the current capacity," he said. He also launched at the India Pavilion a coffee table book, entitled "Parampara", with Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal. PM  Narendra Modi also exposed  a book authored by him on innovations, "Convenient Action".
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