Question : Where located head quarter of International Solar Alliance?
a) Haryana
b) New Delhi
c) Gujrat
d) Rajsthan
Ans: a
Related Facts :
- Antigua, Barbuda joins International Solar alliance in presence of Indian High Commission in Guyana.
- on Tuesday (Jan 4, 2022), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
- The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies as a means for bringing energy access, ensuring energy security, and driving energy transition in its member countries.
- The ISA strives to develop and deploy cost-effective and transformational energy solutions powered by the sun to help member countries develop low-carbon growth trajectories, with particular focus on delivering impact in countries categorized as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
- The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilize efforts against climate change through deployment of solar energy solutions.
- The initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India Africa Summit, and a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015.
- The ISA is headquartered in Gurugram, India.[7] In January 2016, Narendra Modi, and the then French President François Hollande jointly laid the foundation stone of the ISA.
By – Pawan Mishra
Links :
https://isolaralliance.org/