Alliances India Founded

India had been a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement and an active voice at the UN, but it had not created and headquartered a major intergovernmental organisation of its own. International bodies were built in Geneva, New York, Vienna and Paris; India joined them and argued within them.

The International Solar Alliance, launched with France at COP21 in Paris in 2015, became the first intergovernmental treaty-based organisation headquartered in India, at Gurugram. It now has over 100 member countries and works to mobilise solar investment across sun-rich developing nations.

Each body pairs an Indian strength with a global gap. The ISA matches solar demand with finance and standards. The CDRI, launched at the UN in 2019 and also headquartered in India, brings governments, UN agencies and development banks together so infrastructure is built to survive disasters. The Global Biofuels Alliance, launched with the US and Brazil at the 2023 G20, exports India's ethanol-blending experience. The International Big Cat Alliance extends the Project Tiger model to seven species across range countries.

Alongside the formal bodies came agenda-setting initiatives: One Sun One World One Grid, unveiled with the UK at COP26, to interconnect solar generation across time zones; and Mission LiFE, which moved climate action toward individual and community behaviour and was subsequently referenced in G20 and UN texts. India's climate pledges — 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030 and net-zero by 2070 — anchor the credibility of all of it.

ISA (2015) — 100+ members, first intergovernmental body headquartered in India. CDRI (2019) — also headquartered in India. Global Biofuels Alliance (2023) — launched with the US and Brazil at the G20. IBCA (2024) — ₹150 crore corpus, seven big cat species. Sources: MEA, MNRE, PIB.