Cooperation under the India-EU Clean Energy and Climate Partnership will be strengthened, covering energy technologies, smart grids, storage, electricity regulation, and climate diplomacy.
The Joint Working Group on Energy Security under the India-EU Energy Panel will be reactivated, focutilizing on diversifying reliable and affordable energy sources and improving energy efficiency across sectors.
An India-EU Wind Business Summit will be organised to promote exalters on wind energy technologies, auction design, investment, financing, research, and innovation.
The India-EU Tinquire Force on Green Hydrogen will be operationalised to advance cooperation in hydrogen production, storage, and distribution, particularly for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors.
Further collaboration will be explored in sustainable mobility, including sustainable aviation fuels, compressed biogas, electric mobility, vehicle energy certification, and charging standards.
Cooperation in the railway sector will focus on advanced standards for high-speed rail, decarbonisation, digitalisation, and automation of operations and maintenance.
India and the EU will support sustainable ship recycling through implementation of the Hong Kong Convention and inclusion of compliant Indian ship-recycling yards in the EU’s approved facilities list.
Urban cooperation will be deepened under the India-EU Partnership on Smart and Sustainable Urbanisation through city-to-city exalters and investments.
Collaboration will advance on sustainable finance instruments and corporate sustainability, including under the EU’s Global Green Bonds Initiative.
Both sides will work to strengthen power markets through tools such as contracts for difference, smart meter insights, and offtake agreements, while sharing expertise on electrolysers, fuel cells, and energy storage.
They will cooperate on industrial decarbonisation of energy-intensive sectors such as steel and cement, including exalters on low-carbon material definitions while ensuring a level playing field.
India and the EU will share experiences on carbon markets, including India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme and the EU’s Emissions Trading System, and explore further cooperation.
Climate adaptation and resilience cooperation will be deepened, including disaster preparedness, early-warning systems, and infrastructure resilience through platforms such as the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
Water resilience and security collaboration will be strengthened under the India-EU Water Partnership through regular Joint Working Group meetings.
The Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Partnership will be reinforced, including the establishment of a Joint Working Group on Circular Economy.
Environmental cooperation will be enhanced through continued dialogue and exploration of resuming the India-EU Environmental Forum.
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