NEW DELHI: Indian and Japanese industries have formulated a joint action plan for low carbon economic growth in both countries even as debates around climate change mitigation strategies and role of businesses rage globally.
Industry body CII signed an agreement on climate change with Japans business associations - Nippon Keidanren and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The agreement sought to combine complementary strengths of both the countries in various technologies, resources and practices that could lead to climate change mitigation benefits for the entire world, CII said in a statement.
The co-operation agreement includes energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean conventional energy technologies among various others, it said.
Some of the immediate activities to be taken under the pact include - developing a joint industry position on climate change between India and Japan, setting-up of five working groups representing sectoral experts from both sides and taking joint activities for climate change mitigation, it added.
The signing ceremony was organised in Japan when the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is visiting the country. A high level CII delegation is also accompanying the Prime Minister.
"At a time when climate change deadlock continues, CII-Keidanren-JCCI partnership would serve as a model co-operation between the industry of developing and developed countries," CII President KV Kamath said.
The partnership is expected to strengthen the current initiatives of the government and industry to fight climate change.
