IRENA at the 80th United Nations General Assembly / Climate Week NYC

New York, USA
05 days to start

The International Renewable Energy (IRENA) will engage in high-level events during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) weeks to strengthen partnerships at the international level and advance actions to accelerate the global energy transition. This includes participation at Climate Week NYC, which takes place back-to-back with UNGA and is run in coordination with the UN and the City of New York.This year, on the margins of the 80th UNGA, IRENA partners with the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) for the second Global Renewables Summit from September 21 to September 23 to discuss the progress, opportunities, and challenges of tripling renewable energy globally by 2030.

IRENA and Director-General Francesco La Camera will participate in the Global Renewables Summit and other events during the Climate Week, co-organising a number of IRENA initiative-led sessions through the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID) and the Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) where IRENA serves as the Secretariat.

Agenda

New York, NY, USA
10:00 – 11:30 EDT / 18:00 – 19:30 GST

High Level Opening of the Second Global Renewables Summit
14:00 – 15:30 EDT / 22:00 – 23:30 GST

Roundtable discussion: “Climate Principles to Unlock Capital for Grids” in partnership with GGI
Hosted by Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) in partnership with the Green Grids Initiative (GGI), this roundtable discussion serves as a consultation on Climate Finance Principles among UNEZA members, and representatives from governments and the financial sector. The event represents a milestone for endorsing standardised principles designed to unlock capital for grid infrastructure financing. The session also offers an opportunity for utilities to collectively voice their ambition to expand and modernise grid infrastructure, and to highlight how the Climate Finance Principles can support and enable that objective.

New York, NY, USA
07:50 – 09:20 EDT / 15:50 – 17:20 GST
GOWA High-Level Ministerial Breakfast Dialogue ‘Offshore Wind at a Turning Point: Securing Clean Power in an Uncertain World Ministerial Session’
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09:00 – 10:30 EDT / 17:00 – 18:30 GST
Roundtable Discussion ”ROAD TO COP” From Crisis to Opportunity – Building Tomorrow’s Resilient Grid
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14:30 – 16:00 EDT / 22:00 – 23:30 GST
Future-Proof Power Systems: Flexibility, Storage, Grids and interconnection
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New York, NY, USA
14:00 – 15:30 EDT / 22:00 – 23:30 GST
Executive Roundtable Discussion: “Green Hydrogen as a Pathway to Decarbonize Hard-to-Abate industries”
Hosted by the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID), this roundtable discussion will explore green hydrogen as a pathway to decarbonise hard-to-abate industries. The session will address factors hindering green hydrogen utilisation in industry and share field experience insights. It will highlight the importance of stakeholder collaboration for a sustainable, low-carbon future and will include a launch of a new AFID report, The Building Blocks of Hydrogen Hubs: A Case Study from the Mediterranean Region.