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04/02/23 08:23 AM IST

India welcomes Congo to International Solar Alliance

In News
  • The External Affairs Ministry said Ambassador of Republic of Congo, Raymond Serge Bale signed the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement in the presence of Joint Secretary.
About ISA
  • The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilize efforts against climate change through deployment of solar energy solutions.
  • It was conceptualized on the side-lines of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris in 2015.
  • Vision : Let us together make the sun brighter.
  • Mission: Every home no matter how far away, will have a light at home
  • The Headquarters is in India with its Interim Secretariat being set up in Gurugram.
  • A total of 107 countries have signed the ISA Framework Agreement.
  • Out of 107 nations, 86 have signed and ratified the ISA Framework Agreement.
Significance
  • One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG): The OSOWOG focuses on a framework for facilitating global cooperation, building a global ecosystem of interconnected renewable energy resources (mainly solar energy) that can be seamlessly shared.
  • The vision behind the OSOWOG is ‘The Sun Never Sets’ and is a constant at some geographical location, globally, at any given point of time.
  • It has been taken up under the technical assistance program of the World Bank.
Source- AIR News

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