Joint Statement Between the U.S. and Australia on the 2024 Ministerial Dialogue on Clean Energy

The United States Secretary for Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, held a second ministerial dialogue on clean energy on October 4, 2023. The meeting marked a year of progress since its inaugural meeting to elevate climate and clean energy cooperation between the two countries. Ministers discussed the need to work together to support clean solar supply chains, with plans to conduct techno-economic market studies on the solar industry. They emphasized the significant economic opportunities in the global clean energy transformation and reaffirmed their commitment to achieving a fully or predominantly carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The meeting also discussed future work together on upgrading homes and reducing energy bills, as well as potential collaboration under the US Energy Earthshots Initiative.