With the support of IRENA, Ministry of Energy and Industry undertook a Renewable Readiness Assessment (RRA) for the Kyrgyz Republic.

The third IRENA Innovation Week – a virtual gathering of leading policy makers, innovators, developers and investors from across IRENA’s diverse global membership – convened to explore how systemic innovative solutions can support the use of renewables in the energy-end-use sectors of buildings, transport & industry.

This virtual event aimed to encourage all governments of the region towards more ambitious climate action driven by energy transition.

The panel focused on the question of what it means to mainstream these pathways across different sectors and businesses.

The report analyses the current renewable energy finance and policy landscape in the Republic of North Macedonia, identifies specific barriers and associated risks which can hold back private-sector investment in renewable energy, and provides recommendations on policy frameworks and financial de-risking instruments to scale up renewable energy investments.

This event showcased best practices on how NDCs have been enhanced in the energy sector, and highlighted the support and finance needed to now move these targets into action.

Commercial Treatment of Firm Capacity and its use for Contracting Renewable Generation Projects via PPAs in Central America-Stakeholder Consultation Workshop.

Together with a wide range of partners, IRENA ensured that through a series of high-level events, panel discussions and initiatives, that renewable energy was at the highest level on the global agenda of climate action.

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.

MOEJ and IRENA organised a three-day training program to support the development of project proposals to access climate finance by SIDS stakeholders through various entities including local banks and climate finance entities.

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.

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 virtual event featured the official launch of the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) Jordan. The event served as a platform to highlight a number of important topics relevant to renewable energy development in Jordan amongst government officials, partners and other stakeholders to promote the implementation of the recommendations made in the RRA report.

IRENA in conjunction with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UK COP26 hosted the webinar “Advancing the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” as a forum for regional discussion on raising the ambition of the national climate pledges in the lead up to COP26, through enhanced NDCs, and exploring in particular the key role this plays in LAC countries’ energy transitions and economic recoveries from COVID19.

As one of the custodians of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 on energy, IRENA will prominently participate in the 2022 Sustainable Energy for All Forum.

The third virtual meeting of the Collaborative Framework on Hydropower aimed to raise awareness amongst Members on the most pressing hydropower-related issues. The meeting also presented an opportunity for Member States to share their knowledge, experiences and best practices.

The capacity building workshop was a national level, 2-days training that covered the theoretical aspect of climate investments and flows as well as the approaches and practices adopted to track and report these investments and financial flows.

The event helped uncover the inner workings of the CIP and generate dialogues of the potential and current impacts of the Platform.