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Title: India, US hold joint panel meet on climate issues
Source:The Times of India
Date:31 July 2014

Nearly ten months after setting up a joint working group on combating climate change, India and the US on July 30 2014 held its first meeting where both countries agreed to closely coordinate on many issues including the contentious matter of phasing out climate damaging refrigerant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). New Delhi, however, stuck to its stand of handling the refrigerant issue under the multilateral UN convention which safeguards the interest of developing countries. It merely discussed the "scientific and technical aspects" of the issue so that both countries may prepare a common strategy without diluting India's stand. During the meeting, both countries agreed to cooperate in the areas of clean energy, smart grid and energy efficiency, development of technology and sharing of information on best practices on adaptation measures specifically for extreme weather events. The working group discussion was preceded by a meeting of environment minister Prakash Javadekar and US special envoy on climate change Todd Stern. Javadekar underlined the importance of quickly capitalizing the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and using the money to purchase Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) of climate friendly technologies.




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