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John Kerry: Climate change cooperation can start new phase in India-US ties

John Kerry: Climate change cooperation can start new phase in India-US ties

by The Daily Eye Team July 30 2014, 9:02 am Estimated Reading Time: 1 min, 6 secs

Modi is absolutely right, and together I believe that we can at last begin a new constructive chapter in the US-India climate change relationship,” says Kerry. Asserting that the solution to climate change is energy policy, Secretary of State John Kerry has fully supported the “saffron revolution” call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that cooperation between India and the US in the field would kick off a new chapter in bilateral ties. “He (Modi) has called for a Saffron Revolution, because ‘the saffron color represents energy’. He (Modi) said “this revolution should focus on renewable energy sources such as solar energy, to meet India’s growing energy demand.

“He (Modi) is absolutely right, and together I believe that we can at last begin a new constructive chapter in the US-India climate change relationship,” Kerry told an audience here yesterday. “The US has an immediate ability to make a difference here, and we need to eliminate the barriers that keep the best technology out of the Indian market. “The US can help India find and develop new sources of energy through renewable technologies and greater export capacity for liquefied natural gas,” Kerry said in his address to the Centre for American Progress, a US think-tank.

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