Report to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Prepared by India and Japan in consultation with MEF Partners. The Leaders of the 17 partners of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) agreed on 9 July 2009 that moving to a low-carbon economy provides an opportunity to promote continued economic growth and sustainable development as part of a vigorous response to the danger posed by climate change. They identified an urgent need for development and deployment of transformational clean energy technologies, and established the Global Partnership to drive such low-carbon, climate friendly technologies. Plans were created to stimulate efforts among interested countries to advance actions on technologies including advanced vehicles; bioenergy; carbon capture, use, and storage; buildings sector energy efficiency; industrial sector energy efficiency; high efficiency, low-emissions coal; marine energy; smart grids; solar energy; and wind energy.