G20 energy transitions team meeting in Goa

The fourth Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) meeting under India’s G20 presidency is scheduled to be held in Goa from 19 July, the Ministry of Power. The two-day meeting will bring together over 100 delegates from G20 member countries, special invitee countries, and several international organizations, it added. The meeting will be chaired by Pawan Agarwal, who operates as the ETWG chair and secretary of the Ministry of Power.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, Ministry of Mines Secretary Vivek Bharadwaj, and Ministry of Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena will also be part of the meeting and participate in the deliberations, it said. There are six priority areas outlined under India’s G20 Presidency, reflecting the country’s focus on various aspects of energy transition and building global cooperation toward sustainable and clean energy development.

These priority areas are energy transitions through addressing technology gaps, low-cost financing for energy transitions, energy security and diversified supply chains, energy efficiency, industrial low carbon transitions, and responsible consumption, fuels for future and universal access to clean energy, and just, affordable and inclusive energy transition pathways. Discussions in the Goa meeting will continue to build on the first three meetings in Bengaluru, Gandhinagar and Mumbai to identify and promote best practices, policies and innovative approaches that support a just and inclusive energy transition, it added.

The key highlight of the meeting will be detailed discussions on the draft ministerial communique, which is currently under discussion and will be further firmed up, it said. The meeting will be complemented by various side events - on enabling policies to accelerate e-mobility, promoting solar energy for universal energy access, DRE applications for achieving SDG7 (sustainable development) goals, drive for advancing knowledge and solutions through aggregation in energy efficiency and powering progress in the global south – accessible and affordable clean energy for all, it added.