initiatives
- Clean Energy Corridors
- Coalition for Action
- Global Atlas
- INSPIRE
- IRENA/ADFD Project Facility
- Legislators Forum
- Project Navigator
- REmap
- Renewables Readiness Assessments
- SIDS Lighthouses
Measures to Strengthen Preparedness and Continuity of Operations in Response to COVID-19
IRENA Secretariat has decided not to hold any physical meetings during March and April at its premises in Abu Dhabi, Bonn, New York and elsewhere.
- March 2020
Financing the Global Energy Transformation: Green Bonds
Despite the positive renewable energy investment trends over the past decade, annual investments in renewable energy power alone need to double until 2050 to meet climate goals. IRENA has recently published a series of renewable energy finance briefs...
- March 2020
Discussions on Sustainable Aviation Take Place in Abu Dhabi
In context of ICAO’s annual Fuel Task Group meeting, IRENA hosts discussion on role of biofuels in aviation decarbonisation.
- February 2020
Public and Private Sectors Unite on Need for More Renewables
Coalition for Action calls on all governments to urgently enhance their NDCs, deploy higher shares of renewables and increase investments
- January 2020
IRENA Tenth Assembly Live
IRENA 10th Assembly opens today Annual Report of the Director-General and Work Programme and Budget discussions Ministerial Roundtable on Decarbonisation: Green Hydrogen
- January 2020
IRENA and EBRD Sign an Agreement to Strenghten Cooperation
Joint initiative with IRENA to rapidly increase share of renewable power in EBRD countries
- January 2020
Green hydrogen – The Potential Energy Transition Gamechanger
Green hydrogen is projected to grow rapidly in the coming years. Participants of a ministerial roundtable have identified it as potential key accelerator of the energy transition and enabler for a wider global decarbonization.
- January 2020
New IRENA Report on Women in Wind Energy Launched at High-level Women’s Dinner
Wind energy: A gender perspective highlights that while significant job opportunities for women exist across the wind energy value chain, the global wind energy industry is yet to reach meaningful gender equality.
- January 2020
Youth Gather to Tackle Development and Climate Challenges with Renewables
Inaugural IRENA Youth Forum, strengthens engagement with young people in the context of renewable energy and sustainable development
- January 2020
IRENA Pre-Assembly Live Coverage
IRENA Youth Forum: The New Generation of Decision Makers 5th IRENA Legislators Forum with focus on the overall theme of parliamentary actions to accelerate the energy transformation by engaging communities and promoting a just and fair...
- January 2020