{"id":1310,"date":"2020-03-19T17:19:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:41:35","slug":"international-solar-alliance-upsc-ias-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/international-solar-alliance-upsc-ias-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"International Solar Alliance UPSC IAS 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> The&nbsp;<strong>International Solar Alliance<\/strong> UPSC IAS 2020 is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being&nbsp;<em>sunshine countries<\/em>, which lie either completely or partly between the&nbsp;Tropic of Cancer&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Tropic of Capricorn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The primary objective of the alliance is to work for efficient \nexploitation of&nbsp;solar energy&nbsp;to reduce dependence on&nbsp;fossil fuels.<\/li><li>This initiative was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra\n Modi in a speech in November 2015 at Wembley Stadium, in which he \nreferred to sunshine countries as <em>Suryaputra (\u201cSons of the Sun\u201d)<\/em>.<\/li><li>It was jointly launched by India and France in November 2015 in Paris on the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference (COP-21).<\/li><li>The alliance is a <strong>treaty-based inter-governmental organization<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Countries that do not fall within the Tropics can join the ISA and \nenjoy all benefits as other members, with the exception of voting \nrights.<\/li><li>The Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance opened \nfor signatures in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016 on the sidelines \nof the Marrakech Climate Change Conference and 121 countries have \njoined.<\/li><li>The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is to be headquartered in India.<\/li><li>It would cater to large-scale deployment of solar energy through \naggregation of demand, technology and innovation from solar rich \ncountries lying fully or partially between the Tropic of Cancer and \nTropic of Capricorn.<\/li><li>It expects to facilitate the addition of 1,000 GW of solar energy by 2030.<\/li><li>Three programmes launched by ISA are- Scaling Solar Applications for\n Agriculture Use, Affordable Finance a Scale, and Scaling Solar \nMini-Grids.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OBJECTIVES &amp; SIGNIFICANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The launching of such an alliance in Paris also sends a strong \nsignal to the global communities about the sincerity of the developing \nnations towards their concern about climate change and to switch to a \nlow-carbon growth path.<\/li><li>India has pledged a target of installing 100GW by 2022 and reduction\n in emission intensity by 33\u201335% by 2030 to let solar energy reach to \nthe most unconnected villages and communities and also towards creating a\n clean planet.<\/li><li>India\u2019s pledge to the Paris summit offered to bring 40% of its \nelectricity generation capacity (not actual production) from non-fossil \nsources (renewable, large hydro, and nuclear) by 2030.<\/li><li>it is based on world cooperation.<\/li><li>It is first specialised intergovernmental body on solar energy \nexpected to drive R&amp;D on solar energy (from electricity generation \nto storage capacity).<\/li><li>It will mobilise investments from various sources for deployment of \nsolar energy. It has already got multilateral agencies like the World \nBank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank on board.<\/li><li>It is the first international organisation to be permanently \nheadquartered in India. This will make India more attractive for \ninvestments in solar energy and help it achieve its target of installing\n 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GEOGRAPHICAL IMPORTANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The area of Earth located in between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn is called the tropical (torrid) zone.<\/li><li>The points on the Tropic of Cancer are the northernmost points up to  which the Sun can pass directly overhead. Similarly, the southernmost  points are on the Tropic of Capricorn which follows the same criteria.<\/li><li>Location at the north of the Tropic of Cancer shows the Sun appearing at the south of the zenith.<\/li><li>The sunniest countries of the world are on the African continent,  ranging from Somalia- Horn of Africa-, east to Niger, west and north to  Egypt.<\/li><li>For India, the possible additional benefit from the alliance can be  the strengthening ties and with the major African countries increase  goodwill for India among them. International Solar Alliance UPSC IAS 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUTURE TARGETS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India, with the support of France, has invited nations to facilitate infrastructure for implementation of solar projects.<\/li><li>The alliance has been committed $1 trillion as investment, and it is  committed to making the costs of solar power more affordable for remote  and inaccessible communities.<\/li><li>The alliance will endorse India in achieving its goal of generating 100GW of solar energy and 175GW of renewable energy by 2022.<\/li><li>The countries shall support each other in research and development as well as other high-level activities.<\/li><li>It is also seen as an alliance by the developing countries to form a  united front and to undertake research and development for making solar  power equipment within developing countries.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upsc.gov.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/indian-geography\/\">Indian Geography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/indian-geography\/the-northern-plains\/\">The Northern Plains of INDIA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/portuguese-in-india-a-brief-history\/\">Portuguese in India A Brief History<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;International Solar Alliance UPSC IAS 2020 is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being&nbsp;sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the&nbsp;Tropic of Cancer&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Tropic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6558,"featured_media":1311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-g-k","category-upsc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}