SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | SDG 13: Climate Action
Institutions: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, India reaffirmed its global climate leadership through two linked initiatives:
In a session of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), India called for united global action on energy security, highlighting its milestone of 50% non-fossil electricity capacity, more than five years ahead of schedule.
At the same time, India emphasised the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) as a “key tool for equitable, scalable global climate action” under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. JCM will crowd-in investment and technology deployment in sectors such as green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, biogas and hard-to-abate industries (steel, cement, chemicals). JCM is a cooperative measure under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement which allows partner countries to implement emissions-reduction or removals projects, generate credits and channel investment and technology into higher-ambition pathways.
Together these statements pinpoint India’s strategy of combining solar diplomacy, technical collaboration and market-based mechanisms to meet its climate and energy-security goals while engaging developing countries and island states.
These developments matter for India’s climate-policy architecture: the ISA-SIDS push links India’s solar-scale experience to international support mechanisms; the JCM emphasis signals a shift toward co-operative mechanisms, technology transfer and linked investment in line with India’s upcoming Revised NDCs. This aligns with national frameworks like the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Renewable Energy policy, and Advanced Manufacturing push in clean-tech sectors.
What is ISA for SIDS and Why Does India Emphasise It at COP?→ ISA for SIDS is a dedicated International Solar Alliance window that supports Small Island Developing States with affordable solar deployment, storage, and technical assistance. India highlights it at COP because it links its global solar leadership to climate-vulnerable nations, strengthens South-South cooperation, expands clean-energy partnerships, and positions India as a solutions provider in adaptation-focused diplomacy — while aligning international collaboration with its own energy-transition and geopolitical priorities.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders: How can India operationalise its ISA and JCM ambitions so that technology transfer, investment flows and island-state collaborations translate into concrete low-carbon outcomes and advance its domestic climate-transition goals?
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