Watch Oloum AlDar's full interview with Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

This column is part of a series of exclusive insights before Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, being held from January 11-18, 2020. (Op-ed by Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency)

Green hydrogen could be the solution for sectors that rely on fossil fuels for energy and remain difficult to electrify as climate change remains a challenge, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Francesco La Camera says.

Watch CCTV's full interview with Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

At the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, the international energy transition community had the first opportunity to get an idea of the new General Director of the International Renewable Energy Organization (IRENA).

Francesco la Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency discusses the future of renewables in Europe and in Asia.

To meet climate goals, support sustainable development and fuel economic growth, ASEAN countries would need to turn decisively to renewables. (Op-ed by Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency)

"IRENA is trying to redirect its work to be more focused on subregional regional level, because we think that interconnection and collaboration are essential to promote the rapid deployment over renewables." says IRENA's Director-General Francesco La Camera.

Singapore today announced its "4 Swtiches" energy strategy to help the island country combat the global climate crisis along with its existing "4 Taps" water strategy. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency, told Fortune Times: "The Middle East and Australia have more ready renewable energy for powering desalination plants and converting the saltwater into water that can be used for consumers' portable use. But Singapore is already showcasing its experience (of desalination) to the world."

Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), could be said to be the world's highest authority on renewables. He has been dedicated to the world of international cooperation, sustainability and climate for more than 30 years. He was responsible for the Italian delegation at COP 21-24.

Watch Al Arabiya's full interview with Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Francesco La Camera, Director-General, IRENA, discusses how even though renewable energy is becoming more mainstream and affordable, the rate of adoption is still too slow to ensure agreed climate goals are met.

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Watch Oloum AlDar's full interview with Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Big shift in priorities & need for political will.

"The time window for the 1.5-degree target is closing quickly. We are moving in the wrong direction," says Francesco La Camera, Director General of the International Energy Agency for Renewable Energies (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi.

Renewable electricity production needs to grow eight times faster than the current rate to help limit global heating, according to a report. The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) said urgent action was needed to keep pace with rising demand for electricity, which could require a total investment of $131tn in renewables by 2050.

Global oil demand may have hit the peak in 2019 and natural gas will follow suit around 2025, the director general of International Renewable Energy Agency said March 16, as the energy transition gathers pace, echoing forecasts made by BP last year.

The new coronavirus has hit the world economy. However, the impact of the coronavirus on the spread of renewable energy was relatively small. The price of renewable energy continues to fall, making it the most convenient way to generate electricity.

It's hard enough for rich industrialized countries to tackle carbon reduction goals. For emerging economies to do the same can be downright daunting. But rich or poor, it must be done. "The transformational challenge can still be achieved," says IRENA's Francesco La Camera. "The energy transition is already happening. Renewables are the cheapest form of energy and makeup one-third of global capacity. But the more we delay the actions, the less effective they will be. We are trying to stress that the path to 1.5 degrees Celsius is very narrow. If we do not start now, we will never succeed."

Planned investment in clean energy must increase by 30% to a total of $131 trillion by 2050 to avert catastrophic climate change, with the need to massively scale up hydrogen production particularly acute, according to a study here published on Tuesday.

IRENA's Director General says "scale & speed" needed and oil demand needs to drop 75% plus.

In order to avoid the devastating catastrophe caused by climate change, countries around the world are actively developing green energy and solving the problem of warming through carbon reduction, but there is still a long way to go before the goal is achieved. According to the latest report issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), clean energy investment must increase by 30% to 131 trillion US dollars before 2050 to achieve the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.

International Renewable Energy Agency warns world going in wrong direction but 'narrow path' to 1.5 degrees still open. The agency’s director general Francesco La Camera issued a stark warning that “we are heading in the wrong direction” as Irena unveiled its latest World Energy Transitions Outlook, which charts a path to hitting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C.