There is an urgent need for the internatiaThe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) have developed a practical framework to guide stakeholders in incorporating renewable energy, climate action and agriculture into their investment projects, under the frame of the IRENA Empowering Lives and Livelihoods Initiativeonal community to support access-deficit countries through the improvement of their NDCs.

The Global Network of Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) provides sustainable support through inclusive partnerships and collective wisdom and fosters collaboration across all regions, North-to-North, North-to-South, South-to-South, and South-to-North, bringing together champions of energy planning to share expertise, address common challenges, and strengthen their planning processes.

There is an urgent need for the international community to support access-deficit countries through the improvement of their NDCs.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is uniquely positioned to steward joint effort in global commitments to sustainable development, through universal energy access and a just energy transition with fellow custodian agencies: the International Energy Agency, United Nations Statistics Division, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization.

The reliable and accessible electricity supply to meet increased power demands will be based on grid infrastructure, and anticipatory investments can compensate these time needs and are essential to unlock grid expansion and prevent future bottlenecks.

International standards help to align expectations between producers and consumers in different countries for green hydrogen and its derivative commodities in the global energy, and the use of and adherence to standards can also de-risk investments by enhancing the credibility of project plans.

The Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA), launched by President Ruto of Kenya ahead of COP28, aims to support Africa’s clean energy agenda and bring this ambitious vision to life.

Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa organised by the International Energy Agency raised the need to track clean cooking finance reinforces the importance that the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) sees in the workstream.

By utilising the global stage through international frameworks like the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway for instance, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are exemplifying leadership in sustainable development and climate action.

Drawing from diverse experiences in the renewables sector, including key insights from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)'s Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF) platform, this article elucidates essential factors that appeal to investors and identifies pitfalls that can hold them back from investing.

Drawing from diverse experiences in the renewable energy sector, including key insights from IRENA's Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF) platform, this article elucidates what makes a project appealing to investors.

Moving the needle on SDG 7 target on universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy requires a systemic change in terms of planning, policies and regulations, as well as financing.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is redefining its role within an evolving energy landscape, transitioning to a renewables-based energy system offers a pathway to simultaneously meet growing energy demand, promote economic growth, maximise socio-economic benefits, and achieve decarbonisation objectives.

Francesco La Camera, IRENA Director-General & Nardos Bekele-Thomas, AUDA-NEPAD CEO, discuss how ensuring adequate investment and infrastructure development to support renewables is crucial to meet Africa's power needs.

Moving the needle on SDG 7 target on universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy requires a systemic change in terms of planning, policies and regulations, as well as financing.

The energy transition, with its systematic shift to renewable energy needs to be understood not as a burden impost on the world’s most vulnerable people, but as a vast opportunity to improve livelihoods across Africa in ways that transcend purely economic benefits.

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Inefficient applications of biomass must be replaced by modern and clean energy solutions, since they harm people’s health, damage the environment and reduce social well-being.

In a world so rich in innovation and technology, it is easy to forget just how important people are to progress and development.

Australian residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems now have some of the lowest costs in the world, encouraging households to invest in rooftop solar PV at a time of rising energy prices.

Europe has vast renewables potential which can supply the bulk of its energy needs in a fully decarbonised energy system.

Outdated perceptions of the costs of clean energy remain a major barrier to the energy transition. Despite the dramatic fall in prices across these technologies, the dialogue surrounding “cheap” fossil fuels and “expensive” renewable energy endures, and must be changed.

IRENA and Enel foundation strength their partnership on the occasion of COP26 to accurately measure reserves, resources and demand impacts, accounting for innovation and circularity from design to re-use and recycle. Supply risks can be managed properly and IRENA convening power and technical expertise will help foster international governance for materials.

A message to the G20 from Mr. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA

Green hydrogen has received increasing attention across the energy sector in recent years, given its capability to decarbonise ‘hard to abate’ sectors and provide seasonal storage for power grids rich in variable renewable energy.