Over 20 countries sign framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance

Over 20 countries, including Brazil and France, signed the framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) an initiative that is the brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The framework agreement of ISA was opened for signatures on the sidelines of CoP22 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Marrakech, in Morocco.

India's Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said, with the legal framework in place ISA will be a major international body



headquartered in India. The Framework Agreement will be kept open as many more countries are expected to join the ISA in the coming weeks. 

ISA is an alliance of 121 solar resource-rich tropical countries lying fully or partially between two tropics and who are also UN members.It was jointly launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande at the CoP21 in Paris last year where representatives from around 70 countries participated