United States exits India-headquartered International Solar Alliance following Trump executive order

Key facts

• United States President Donald Trump withdrew the country from 66 international organisations — including 31 United Nations Organisations — via an executive order.
• The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is the only India-headquartered organisation among the 60-plus institutions that the United States has now exited.
• The ISA was conceptualised on the sidelines of the COP21 in Paris in 2015, when the landmark Paris Agreement was signed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit the rise in average global temperature.
• The ISA is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana.
• The ISA’s key theme is the ‘Towards 1000’ strategy, aimed at mobilising "$1,000 billion of investments in solar energy solutions by 2030 while delivering energy access to 1,000 million people using clean energy solutions and resulting in the installation of 1,000 GW of solar energy capacity."
• According to the official website, more than 100 countries are currently its signatories, with over 90 countries having ratified to become full members.