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India & Denmark launch Green Strategic Partnership eyeing fight against Climate Change

New Delhi
September 29, 2020

India in a unique move has launched Green Strategic Partnership for the first time with Denmark as its partner as the two aim to be at forefront of the global fight against the Climate Change.

At the virtual Summit held on Monday the Prime Ministers of India and Denmark agreed to elevate India-Denmark relations to a Green Strategic Partnership.

This partnership would build on and consolidate the existing agreement establishing a Joint Commission for Cooperation (signed 6 February 2009) between India and Denmark which envisaged co-operation within the political field, economic and commercial field, science and technology, environment, energy, education and culture.

The Green Strategic Partnership is a mutually beneficial arrangement to advance political co-operation, expand economic relations and green growth, create jobs and strengthen co-operation on addressing global challenges and opportunities; with focus on an ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to the joint statement released after the summit.

The two Prime Ministers acknowledged the importance of establishing the Green Strategic Partnership, under which India and Denmark will co-operate through relevant Ministries, institutions and stakeholders.