US-India Energy Partnership

Yale University has partnered with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in order to convene the U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit on October 1, 2009, in Washington, D.C. It will bring together important figures from government, corporations, research institutions, NGOs, and the media from both the United States and India to engage in dialogue regarding critical areas such as renewable energy, climate change, and technological innovation. Other issues discussed will include ways to promote policies for the rapid development and deployment of green technologies in both nations, as well as the partnership needed to achieve these goals.

�As two of the largest energy consumers in the world, it is critical that both the United States and India contribute to a global action plan on climate change if we are to achieve a sustainable energy future,� said Rajendra K. Pachauri, director-general of TERI. �We hope that this summit will be an opportunity to take another major step in that direction.� Pachauri is also the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and director of the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute.

�There is no longer a question about the urgent need to address climate change and our energy needs. India and the United States, along with China and other major economies, have to be leaders in this discussion,� said Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University. �With Rajendra Pachauri directing the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Yale and TERI have an opportunity at this crucial moment to convene the stakeholders from India and the United States and advance the ongoing discussion about energy and climate.�

Speakers at the U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit include Farooq Abdullah, India�s Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy; Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Jairam Ramesh, India�s Minister of State with Independent Charge for Environment and Forests; David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy; Todd D. Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State; John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Thomas Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, New York Times; Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO, DuPont; and many others speakers from India and the United States representing a range of stakeholders.

The U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit is generously sponsored by The Energy Foundation, Yale University, Dow Chemical Company, Johnson Controls, UOP LLC� A Honeywell Company, Corning, the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, and Methane to Markets.

For more information please visit: http://energysummit.yale.edu