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Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Farooq Abdullah will be participating at the US-India Energy Partnership Summit which is slated to happen in Washington from Oct 1. This convention will be a major contributor to the India-US dialogues on climate change, renewable energy as well as technological innovation.
This meet will contribute to enable policies which will promote development as well as employment of green technologies in India as well as the US.
Spearheaded by Yale University and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), it will include representatives from government, industry, academia and civil society.
"As two of the largest energy consumers in the world, it is critical that both the United States and India contribute to a global action plan on climate change if we are to achieve a sustainable energy future," said Rajendra K. Pachauri, director-general of TERI.
"We hope that this summit will be an opportunity to take another major step in that direction." He is also the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman as well as the director of Yale Climate and Energy Institute.
"There is no longer a question about the urgent need to address climate change and our energy needs. India and the United States, along with China and other major economies, have to be leaders in this discussion," said Richard C. Levin, president of Yale University.
"With Rajendra Pachauri directing the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Yale and TERI have an opportunity at this crucial moment to convene the stakeholders from India and the United States and advance the ongoing discussion about energy and climate."
The sessions will focus on sharing ideas and best practices between the US and India and will build on the existing discussions between the two countries.
The people who will address the US-India Energy Partnership Summit include Farooq Abdullah, India's Minister for New and Renewable Energy; Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy; Jairam Ramesh, India's Minister of State for Environment and Forests; and Todd D. Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change.
