在25日的印度共和日典禮上，美國總統歐巴馬和印度總理莫迪宣布，將合作對抗氣候變遷、發展乾淨能源和智慧城市。
抗氣候變遷 美、印加強技術合作
兩位領導者強調合作對抗氣候變遷的重要性外，也表示將共同努力讓12月巴黎氣候峰會能順利產生具有法律效力的全球氣候協議。
白宮25日發表的聲明稿指出，美國「樂見印度提昇乾淨能源比例、2022年將太陽能發電量增加至100GW的企圖心，並將透過加強乾淨能源和氣候變遷的合作。」
美印兩國已經有相當堅實的合作計畫，包括美印乾淨能源夥伴關係（PACE）保護傘計畫。接下來，兩國將擴展乾淨能源和減排技術的政策對話以及技術工作。
兩國領袖同意開始重型車輛和運輸燃料的技術合作。兩國官員將開始討論如何讓印度透過採用乾淨燃料、減少排放和導入能效標準，減少重型車輛和運輸燃料的環境衝擊。
兩國也更新了對美印乾淨能源研究發展中心（PACE-R）的承諾，包括讓進行中的先進生質燃料、太陽能和能效研究計畫延展5年時間，以及啟動新的智慧電網和能源儲存技術。PACE-R是美印政府和私人企業共同贊助的1億2千5百萬計畫。
改善空氣品質 印度採納國際氣候模型
歐巴馬和莫迪亦同意合作改善空氣品質。
美國將實施環保署的AIRNow國際空氣品質計畫，大城市合作，向都市居民宣導如何減少受空氣污染傷害。這將讓都市政策規劃者得以徹底執行改善空氣品質的策略，同時也能量測這些策略的健康和氣候變遷改善效益。
此外，美印官員亦首度同意合作發展氣候適應韌性，將國際氣候模型應用於印度次大陸、評估地區層級的氣候風險，以及和地方技術機構合作建構適應能力，和地方政府決策者一同發展氣候適應所需的資訊和規劃工作，包括印度的國家行動計畫。
智慧城市為方針 乾淨能源投資不可少
美國貿易發展署（USTDA）高層簽署3項合作備忘錄，幫助印度3省城市發展智慧城市。
依備忘錄，USTDA將出資進行可行性和前驅研究、參觀考察和訓練。USTDA將邀請智慧城市反向貿易代表團訪美，包括來自印度3省代表，並資助聘請智慧城市顧問。
美國國際開發署今夏將於印度設置駐地投資官員，並指派一交易團隊協助，以活化乾淨能源資金。
為政府機構之一的美國海外私人投資公司，將運用其既有的2億2千7百萬乾淨能源投資組合，資助印度擴大基礎建設規模和獨立能源相關計畫。
Amid the pomp and ceremony of India’s Republic Day, with President Barack Obama the first sitting American President to be honored as “chief guest,” Indian and U.S. leaders have agreed to collaborate on curbing climate change, clean energy and smart cities.
Stressing the importance of working together and with other countries on climate change, the two leaders said they plan to cooperate closely this year to achieve a successful and ambitious legally-binding global climate agreement in Paris in December.
The White House said in a statement Sunday that the United States “welcomes India’s intention to increase the share of renewable energy in electricity generation consistent with its intended goal to increase India’s solar capacity to 100 GW by 2022, and intends to support India’s goal by enhancing cooperation in clean energy and climate change.”
The two countries already have a robust program of cooperation, including the successful U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) umbrella program.
They will now expand policy dialogues and technical work on clean energy and lower greenhouse gas emissions technologies.
The two leaders agreed to begin technical cooperation on heavy-duty vehicles and transportation fuels.
Officials of both countries will discuss how to reduce the environmental and emissions impact of heavy-duty vehicles and transportation fuels by working to adopt cleaner fuels, emissions, and efficiency standards in India.
Both sides renewed their commitment to the U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (PACE-R), a $125 million program jointly funded by the U.S. and Indian governments and private sector.
The renewal includes extending funding for three existing research tracks of advanced biofuels, solar energy and building energy efficiency, for five years as well as launching a new track on smart grid and grid storage technology.
Obama and Modi agreed to launch cooperation between their two countries on improving air quality.
The United States will implement EPA’s AIRNow-International program and megacities partnerships, focused on disseminating information to help urban residents reduce their exposure to harmful levels of air pollution.
This will enable urban policy planners to implement corrective strategies for improving air quality in cities, allowing for estimates of health and climate change co-benefits of these strategies.
The top official of the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Sunday signed three Memorandums of Understanding on cooperation to support the development of smart cities in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh; Ajmer, Rajasthan; and Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh with officials of those states.
Under the agreements, the USTDA will contribute funding for feasibility studies and pilots, study tours, workshops and trainings. The USTDA will invite a Smart Solutions for Smart Cities Reverse Trade Mission delegation to the United States, with delegates from the three Indian states and fund advisory services to support the development of smart cities.
To help mobilize private capital for the clean energy sector, USAID will install a field investment officer in India this summer, backed by a transactions team.
The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a government agency, will build on its existing $227 million portfolio in renewable energy and identify projects to support utility-scale growth and off-grid energy access. OPIC financing is helping Simpa Networks introduce home solar kits that are affordable and easy to use. OPIC supports projects in India providing clean drinking water, electricity, modern technology and small business loans.
U.S. and Indian officials agreed for the first time to undertake a partnership on climate resilience that will work to apply international climate models to the Indian sub-continent, assess climate risks at the sub-national level, work with local technical institutes on capacity building, and engage local decision-makers to address information and planning needs for climate resilient sustainable development, including for India’s State Action Plans.
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