Model IRENA simulation exercise

Local youth leaders gathered in Abu Dhabi to take part in the first-ever programme exposing youth to the inner workings of IRENA. The Model IRENA programme simulated the IRENA Council, one of the Agency’s principal governing organs. Roughly fifty students participated from New York University Abu Dhabi, Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, the Petroleum Institute University and Research Center, United Arab Emirates University and Heriot-Watt University in Dubai.

Yesterday’s event modelled the actual procedures of intergovernmental bodies, including country interventions, open floor debates, negotiations, and bilateral and multilateral side-meetings. Participants assumed the role of IRENA delegates and presented their country’s position on two topics: renewable energy and climate change, and the socio-economic benefits of renewable energy deployment. Participants proposed many innovative solutions to the world’s rising energy demands such as: knowledge sharing and cooperation between countries, the utilization of new business models for local energy services, IRENA’s potential to help countries set renewable energy targets, educational initiatives, industry and country vulnerability assessments, and finding sustainable ways to deploy renewable energy.

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