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.
Representing global perspectives within the renewable energy and climate change space, this report by the COP28 Presidency, IRENA and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) provides recommendations on the means to triple renewable power generation capacity and double the energy efficiency improvement rate by 2030.
The event aims to showcase SIDS’ NDC implementation achievements, identify and prioritize energy transition actions and gaps across mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, and contribute to preparations for COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2023.
Countries must supercharge international collaboration on technologies and markets for sectors such as power, transport, industry, buildings and agriculture, new report finds.
The 2023 edition of an annual collaboration between the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the United Nations Climate Change High-Level Champions assesses progress toward meeting international climate goals.
The Energy Compact on Renewable Energy for Peacekeeping seeks to accelerate the transition of UN peacekeeping operations to renewable energy through public and private partnerships, developing local capacity to supply renewable energy to UN missions and host communities.
Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), describes why India is at the epicentre of advancing the global conversation on energy transition.
As Dubai gears up to host COP28 this year, Becky Anderson from CNN discussed with IRENA's Director-General Francesco La Camera and the UAE's climate minister Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri on the road ahead for 2023 and the roadblocks in the way.
COP28 will dive deep into where countries are falling short on emissions reductions and what they can do to change that. Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency, says the key reason the global community is off track is that the legacy energy infrastructure — built over more than a century — favors the production of oil, gas, and coal.
Highlights of activities by IRENA and Director-General Francesco La Camera.
This report highlights the ongoing and previous work of the Agency to support countries through its various work packages, including those concerned with project development, financing and investment.
IRENA hosted a series of events at COP27 (6-18 November) highlighting the urgent need to accelerate the energy transition and achieve a climate-safe future in which no one is left behind.
The event served as a launch of the joint IRENA/UN-OHRLLS report “Scaling Up Renewables in LLDCs”.
At the Climate Week NYC, IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera underscored the need for massive investments in renewable energy to mitigate the current energy crisis.
New report sets out urgent priorities to rapidly make more clean technologies the most affordable options in key sectors.
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.
IRENA, co-founding partner Siemens Energy and 12 companies across all industry sectors have launched the global Alliance for Industry Decarbonization.
The capacity building roundtable for islands in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea was organised by IRENA through its SIDS Lighthouses Initiative.
This joint event by IRENA, GRC and CVF GPG sought to transform commitments into actions by galvanising enabling policy frameworks for global energy transitions across sectors powered by renewables.
The presentation offers insights into net zero targets and renewable energy component of NDCs.
Recognising its invaluable promotion of sustainable development in SIDS, IRENA received the first ever “UN SIDS Partnerships Award” in the environmental category.
China aims for its carbon emissions to peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
This report draws on IRENA’s existing, technology-focused studies to offer key insights from global experiences relevant to China’s energy transition.
The event strived for a global and balanced geographical representation of youth and senior experts, and highly encouraged participation from all countries.
This two day webinar which targeted homeowners, students, youth and other participants, aimed to provide an introduction to energy conservation and management with a focus on the conduct of home energy assessments.