The world is falling behind on its renewable energy and efficiency goals despite record progress last year, confirms a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the COP30 Brazilian Presidency, and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) during a pre-COP30 high-level event in Brasília.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
The world is falling behind on its renewable energy and efficiency goals despite record progress last year, confirms a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the COP30 Brazilian Presidency, and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) during a pre-COP30 high-level event in Brasília.
This report is the second in a series assessing progress towards two key goals of the Outcome of the First Global Stocktake at COP28: the tripling of renewable power and the doubling of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.
This second edition of the report, Renewable energy: A gender perspective, updates global figures and offers policy recommendations to strengthen gender equality across the energy transition.
Developed through IRENA's Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) Network, this toolkit provides practical guidance for implementing participatory processes in national energy scenario development.
This report assesses the opportunities and barriers for deploying decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions to power Mauritania's artisanal fishing value chain to improve energy access in the sector.
This report assesses the opportunities for integrating decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions to power key facilities in Mali’s public health system.
The Renewable Energy Roadmap: Eastern Partnership outlines a practical roadmap that explores how renewables and energy efficiency measures can cut emissions, enhance energy affordability, and reduce energy needs. The report also emphasises the urgency of fast-tracking clean energy deployment and modernising infrastructure.
This assessment evaluates Iraq’s current energy landscape, highlighting the barriers to renewable energy adoption and outlining key recommendations for a sustainable energy transition.
The latest cost analysis from IRENA shows that renewables continued to represent the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation in 2024.
This analysis explores the tecno-economic potential for the trading of green hydrogen and its associated commodities such as ammonia, e-methanol and direct reduced iron.
Governments are facing a difficult task of bringing the health emergency under control while introducing major stimulus and recovery measures. The crisis has exposed deeply embedded vulnerabilities ...