New Delhi: In a major development and push to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of achieving universalization of membership of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the requisite number of member countries have given the go-ahead.
“After ratification to the amendment of the ISA framework, all the Member States of the United Nations will now be able to join the International Solar Alliance, including those countries which are beyond the Tropics,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
The International Solar Alliance was launched jointly by Prime Minister Modi and the President of France during COP21 in Paris.
The alliance aims to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement through rapid and massive deployment of solar energy.
It also brings together countries to provide a collective response to the main common obstacles to the massive deployment of solar energy in terms of technology, finance and capacity.
As on July 30, 87 countries have signed the Framework Agreement of the ISA and of these 67 have deposited their instruments of ratification.
