In India, Mint reported that India-backed Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) is looking for more countries to join it from South-east Asia and Africa after the Philippines and Tanzania became the latest members.
The alliance was launched on 9 September on the sidelines of the G20 Leadership Summit and was initially conceptualized with a view to getting all G20 members on board. However, countries such as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia have so far stayed out, according to the report.
“The membership has now reached 21 countries. There is good representation from Latin America and North America. GBA will now look at some more countries in South-east Asia and Africa,” said a person aware of the development.
With the Philippines and Tanzania, the alliance now has 21 members —seven G20 countries, four G20 invitee countries and 10 non-G20 countries. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, South Africa and the US are the G20 member countries, while the G20 invitees are Bangladesh, Singapore, Mauritius and the UAE, the report added.
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