
IRENA at COP28 – Accelerating Energy Transition
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) will discuss progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) will discuss progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) discussed progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

This report by IRENA, IEA and and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions is focused on supporting stronger international collaboration to drive reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.

This report estimates the potential for green hydrogen production as a function of land availability, considering exclusion zones such as protected areas, forests, wetlands, urban centres, slope and water scarcity.

This report guides policy makers to stay on the the 1.5°C path to 2050, explores the socio-economic impacts of the transition and suggests ways to speed progress towards universal access to clean energy.

The energy transition is also a roadmap to clean industrialisation and economic independence in Africa. Here is how a comprehensive ‘green deal’ could get the continent there.

Outdated perceptions of the costs of clean energy remain a major barrier to the energy transition.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.

India signals intention to broaden renewable technology base including to green hydrogen.

This report assesses current climate pledges in light of the challenge ahead, and explores the transformative opportunity offered by renewable energy that can serve as a vehicle for delivering the needed emission reductions.

This report highlights the work done during the NDCs review process, the support offered through its different work packages as well as facilitating Parties and countries with project developments, financing and investment.

This report examines Paraguay’s energy institutions and their governance, long-term energy planning practices, and the socio-economic benefits of promoting renewable and low-carbon technologies in the end-use sectors.


The RRA report presents clear and practical steps to maximise the country’s use of renewables in driving sustainable socio-economic growth.

This report discusses the benefits of renewables-based adaptation and illustrates the importance of renewable energy within an integrated mitigation-adaptation approach to climate action.

This Renewables Readiness Assessment from IRENA highlights the challenges and provides 11 recommendations to harness the potential of renewable energy sources in Belarus.

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.

IRENA and the High-level Climate Champions hosted this event to support the accelerated mobilisation of investments and finance for energy transitions in SIDS for improved livelihoods and poverty eradication.

The Roadmap charts a path for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, providing options for achieving a 100% renewable energy share in both the power and transport sectors.

A keynote speech on the potential of green commodities at webinar organised by the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network and RCREEE.

Renewable energy targets can reinforce Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), providing a key element for countries to pursue more ambitious climate pledges under the Paris Agreement.


Japan, holding the G20 presidency in 2019, asked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for a report on the implications of the global energy transformation for climate and sustainability in a broad sense.

Increased use of renewable energy, combined with intensified electrification, could prove decisive for the world to meet key climate goals by 2050.


The workshop, co-organised by the Government of Burkina Faso, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) and IRENA, was an opportunity for intensive discussion on renewable energy project formulation with a small number of target countries.