The Ministerial Meeting of the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial and 8th Mission Innovation Meeting started in Goa today under the chairpersonship of Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R. K. Singh.
 
Ministers of more than 30 participating countries, heads of delegations, and representatives of international organizations were present in the inaugural session of the Ministerial. Addressing the Ministerial, Mr. Singh discussed barriers to energy transition and possible ways to overcome them. He said that Climate change is a concern for all and each one should play a positive role to combat it. 
 
The Union Minister informed the Ministerial that India has Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) scheme for industries, which encourages them to implement sustainable practices, resulting in 105 million tonnes of emission reduction per annum.