John Kerry in India for climate talks from September 12 to 14

New Delhi: John Kerry, the US President's special envoy to deal with the climate crisis, will visit India from September 12 to 14 to hold talks with his Indian counterparts. During his visit, the US State Department said the US and India will launch the Climate Action and Financial Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD).

The dialogue is one of the two main points of the India-US Agenda 2030 partnership that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the climate summit in April 2021.

Kerry will strengthen UN bilateral and multilateral climate efforts in view of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP-26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference will be held in Glasgow, UK from 31 October to 12 November 2021.

The White House said "aim to mobilise finance and speed clean energy deployment; demonstrate and scale innovative clean technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across sectors including industry, transportation, power, and buildings; and build capacity to measure, manage, and adapt to the risks of climate-related impacts".

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