UAE, France, India Establish Trilateral Cooperation Initiative in Energy, Climate Change

UAE, France, India Establish Trilateral Cooperation Initiative in Energy, Climate Change

UAE, France and India announced on Saturday a formal trilateral cooperation initiative with the aim of expanding cooperation in several areas of mutual interest, including energy and climate change.

The plan was finalized during a phone conversation among UAE's FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, India’s Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna.

The initiative will serve as a platform to expand cooperation between the three countries’ development agencies on sustainable projects, as well as to organize a range of trilateral events in the framework of the Indian Presidency of the G20 and the UAE’s hosting of COP28 in 2023.

“The three sides agreed that the trilateral initiative will serve as a forum to promote the design and execution of cooperation projects in the fields of energy, with a focus on solar and nuclear energy, as well as in the fight against climate change and the protection of biodiversity, particularly in the Indian Ocean region.

“For this purpose, the three countries will explore the possibility of working with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to pursue concrete, actionable projects on clean energy, the environment, and biodiversity,” according to the joint statement.

Furthermore, it was agreed