On January 18, 2011, Cape Verde has deposited the instrument of ratification of IRENA’s treaty. As of that day, 148 countries and the European Union have signed IRENA’s treaty and 54 have ratified it.
This report outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape.
New report confirms global investment rise in 2013-2018, but calls for considerable mobilisation of capital to recover from COVID-19 and build a climate-safe world.
This interactive Innovation Toolbox offers 30 innovations that can be mixed and matched as needed. The Toolbox outlines 11 solutions as examples of how to achieve system-wide synergies.
A joint webinar by Enlit Europe, Initiate and IRENA discussed how the 30 innovations identified in its 'Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future' project are accelerating the energy transition.
This joint webinar by IRENA and ACER discussed the role of innovation in the interconnected market-based European power system, with focus on the 5 relevant briefs from IRENA’s Innovation Landscape Report, to integrate very high shares of solar PV and wind resources.
As of today, IRENA has published the full series of 30 Innovation Briefs under its Innovation Landscape report. It is the most comprehensive analysis available on innovation priorities that policymakers must address to successfully decarbonise the electricity systems with renewables and push for innovative renewables solutions in a COVID-19 recovery stimulus.
The Africa Energy Indaba brought together key energy stakeholders to discuss, debate and seek solutions to enable adequate energy generation across Africa. The conference provided an opportunity to shape the African energy policy and a platform for the Agency to showcase its initiatives in Africa.
The 1st Technical Committee meeting, organised by IRENA in partnership with the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, brought together Technical Committee members to review applications and select entrepreneurs for the first cohort of training and mentorship.
IRENA in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Colombia, organised a workshop to explore the current renewable energy policy landscape in Latin America, the growing role of public and private financing for renewables, and the available project facilitation tools for countries in the region.