A renewable energy innovation has improved obstetric care to last-mile communities across Zimbabwe, successfully supporting over 180,000 deliveries per year since its introduction.
The Energy Progress Report 2025 shows that basic electricity access now reaches almost 92% of the global population, yet progress remains too slow to achieve universal access by 2030.
2024 marks a pivotal moment in the global energy transition as renewable energy surges to unprecedented heights. Yet, despite the remarkable progress, the pace of change remains insufficient to meet the ambitious goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030
The next generation's readiness in Sri Lanka is key to continue the efforts in nature conservation and the sustainable livelihoods in the community.
A significant CO2 emission gap would still need to be closed by 2050, according to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook 2024.
Current global investment not only suffers from significant disparities between advanced economies and emerging markets and developing economies but also with group of EMDEs, new IRENA reports commissioned by Brazil’s G20 presidency find.
2023 saw the highest ever increase in renewable energy jobs, from 13.7 million in 2022 to 16.2 million, according to the newly released Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2024 by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The evolving energy transitions needs that demand skilled workforce calls for the development of institutional and human capacities through concerted action in education and skills building.
To raise awareness on the significance and highlight the critical role of sustainable bioenergy in the global energy transitions, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has issued a joint statement that seeks to address the persistent debates about what role bioenergy should play in support of climate and development goals.
Volume 2 of IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023 shows that progressive policies are critical to boost the socio-economic benefits of the energy transition and spread them broadly across the world.
Worldwide employment in renewable energy reached 13.7 million in 2022, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The I-PURE Kalamansig Sustainable Coffee Production project in Philippines seeks to promote the adoption of renewable energy solutions in the agricultural sector and inspire other agricultural communities to exercise sustainable practices.
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) titled Socio-economic footprint of the energy transition: Southeast Asia indicates that the success of a just and inclusive energy transition in the region depends on how local workforces are empowered to actively participate in the decarbonisation of the economy.
S&P Global has identified key trends in the renewable energy sector this year, as the industry recovers from the effects of the pandemic and supply chain disruption.
The UAE will launch an international eco-education programme to help teach the next generation about crucial efforts to protect the planet.
Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis.
Leveraging women’s participation as change agents can encourage, influence, and speed up the energy transformation.
Within the framework of collaboration under the memorandum of understanding signed in 2021, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have made available the Global Agro-Ecological Zoning version 4 (GAEZ v4) to advance the development of sustainable bioenergy.
On February 6, 2023, during his mission to India, IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera led a delegation to the village of Narayanpura near Bangalore where he saw first-hand a wide range of energy access solutions run by non-profit organisation SELCO Foundation.
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.
New IRENA report shows that solar PV industry has the highest share of full-time women employees, reaching 40% in 2021.
IRENA’s new report, Solar PV: A Gender Perspective, finds that women fare best in solar PV manufacturing, representing 47% of the workforce.
The joint IRENA-ILO report assesses impacts of the 1.5°C Scenario under which renewable energy jobs would rise from today’s 12.7 million to 38.2 million in 2030.
Interview with Michael Renner, IRENA Programme Officer, contributor to the joint IRENA—ILO report on renewable energy jobs.
New report confirms growth in renewable jobs despite multiple crises and calls for targeted industrial strategies to create stable supply chains and ‘good jobs’.