Islands Aim to Phase out Fossil Fuels and Build Climate Resilience
While SIDS contribute only to a very small percentage of global emissions, they are taking decisive steps to scale up renewable energy and fulfil their own international climate pledges.
- October 2020
Through Renewables, Islands Seek to Turn Urgency into Opportunity
New IRENA tools and platforms to aid energy transition among small island states seek to turn urgency into opportunity.
- January 2018
Boosting Global Renewables, One Island at a Time
Today, the US Department of Energy and the US State Department announced a new initiative to help boost renewables on islands. The Energy Transition Initiative Pacific Program will help Pacific islands move away from costly imported fuels and towards...
- September 2016
Dominican Republic’s Roadmap to a Renewable Future
Creating a sustainable future is the responsibility of all countries, and that includes allocating a greater share of the world’s energy mix to renewables. a new IRENA report, Renewable energy prospects: Dominican Republic, finds the Dominican...
- July 2016
Dominican Republic as the 80th Signatory joins IRENA
Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso signed IRENA´s Statute on 15 May 2009
- May 2009