The eighteenth meeting of the Council took place on 5 and 6 November 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The twenty-third Council meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will be held on 24-25 May 2022.

The twenty-second Council meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 26 and 27 October 2021. The meetings of subsidiary organs of the Council took place on 19 and 20 October 2021.

The sixteenth meeting of the Council took place on 13 - 15 November 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The ninth session of the Assembly of IRENA took place from 11-13 January 2019 at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Assembly is the Agency’s supreme decision-making body.

The seventeenth meeting of the Council will take place on 25 and 26 June 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

In preparation of the eighth session of the Assembly on 13-14 January 2018 in Abu Dhabi, the 14th Council meeting focused on reviewing the progress completed to date under the current work programme, and on planning the agency’s future work as part of the Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 and the Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022.

IRENA and the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates co-hosted the second edition of the Renewables Talk for IRENA Permanent Representatives that provided an update of IRENA's activities and focus on the upcoming 11th Assembly, related meetings and the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).

The twenty-first Council meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held in a virtual setting from 24 to 26 May 2021 and Committee meetings on 18 and 19 May 2021.

The meeting aimed to bring together IRENA Members and other key stakeholders to discuss solutions and strategies in the operation of energy systems with a high share of renewable energies.

The twenty-third Council meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 24-25 May 2022.

The meeting presented the Enabling Measures Roadmap for Green Hydrogen, produced in partnership with the World Economic Forum under their Accelerating Green Hydrogen Initiative.

The tenth session of the Assembly took place on 11 and 12 January 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  

Member countries and observer institutions met during the IRENA 8th Assembly in 2018 to identify the best options for IRENA to facilitate the development of renewable energy projects in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

This side event held at the Eighth session of the IRENA Assembly, shared the best practices in assuring quality PV systems based on experts’ experience as well as the Agency’s tools and guidelines.

The forum highlighted the role of young people in identifying and developing solutions that can promote and accelerate the renewables-based energy transitions to achieve climate targets and other sustainable development goals.

The Forum presented a timely opportunity for inclusive and diverse discussions on actions and most up-to-date policy measures that can guide Legislators in supporting countries to shift the energy transition to the implementation phase of national and international commitments.

The 2022 dialogue convened policy makers, industry associations, private sector stakeholders and civil society to explore ongoing and planned efforts to promote circular economy and end-of-life management for renewables.

This event featured the high-level launch of a special edition of IRENA’s Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review, developed in cooperation with the International Labour Organisation.

The eleventh session of the Assembly took place on 18 and 21 January 2021 in a virtual setting. The Assembly is the Agency’s supreme decision-making body.

The Forum convened parliamentary leaders from across the world to discuss global, regional and local agendas relating to a renewables-based energy transition and served as a platform for substantive dialogue amongst legislators and renewable energy experts on the acceleration of the deployment of renewables.

The fourth edition of IRENA’s annual pre-Assembly Public-Private Dialogue took place virtually on 14 January 2021 (15:00 to 18:00 Gulf Standard Time) on the sidelines of the Eleventh Session of the IRENA Assembly.