Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award during an annual international energy conference. The conference will be held next week.
Key Points
- The CERAWeek Conference-2021 will be held virtually from March 1 to 5.
- The conference is being organized by IHS Markit.
- PM Modi will also deliver the keynote address at the conference.
- Other prominent speakers at the conference are the Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates, the US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, and the president and CEO, Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser.
- The conference chair and IHS Markit vice chairman, Daniel Yergin said that PM Modi will be honored with the CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award for his commitment towards expanding the country’s leadership in sustainable development to meet India’s, and the world’s, future energy needs.
- India has emerged at the centre of global energy and the environment, and its leadership is crucial to meet climate objectives for a sustainable future while ensuring universal energy access.
The annual international conference is a gathering of energy industry leaders, government officials, experts, policymakers and leaders from the financial and industrial communities, technology, and energy technology, innovators.
