Cameron urges more green technologies during visit to India

Among those with British Prime Minister David Cameron are a number of green companies and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker.

Cameron called for the UK and India to form one of the greatest partnerships of the 21st century. He arrived in India with a group of more than 100 businesses leaders.

The PM noted that unless larger economies pursue a green growth agenda, efforts to combat climate change will fail.

"These new green technologies, whether it is waste recycling, wind power, or nuclear power, because there are no carbon emissions, these are growth items and green tech jobs are growing faster in our economy than many other parts,” he said.

His comments echo those made in an earlier speech in which he warned the UK has no choice but to prioritize investment in renewables and energy efficiency if it wants to compete in the global economic race.

India now leads the world in clean tech investment growth, with investments worth US$10.3 billion in 2011, or a growth rate of 52% year-on-year.

Cameron has been joined on the trip by representatives from a number of clean tech firms.

Xan Morgan, vice president of businesses development of at Bluewater Bio, said the company was seeking partners in India to help roll out its waste water and greenhouse gas monitoring technology. Bluewater Bio recently signed a deal with India's Tavta Global Environment to market and deploy its low energy water filtration technology Filterclear.

Other delegates with green interests include David Nish, a non-executive director of the UK's Green Investment Bank and Paul Walsh a non-executive director at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.