Renewable energy in national climate action
Updates to IRENA’s 2017 analysis of the renewable energy components of NDCs
- December 2018
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- Climate Change
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- English
Turning to renewables: Climate-safe energy solutions
This set of briefs, prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), highlights challenges and opportunities as the world seeks climate-safe energy solutions.
- November 2017
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- Climate Change, Benefits
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- English
SIDS Lighthouses quickscan: Interim report
This interim report highlights the advantages and benefits of renewables for islands, explains the quickscan methodology and presents quickscan findings from multiple SIDS and other islands.
- November 2017
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- Islands, Climate Change
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- English
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- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas
Untapped potential for climate action: Renewable energy in Nationally Determined Contributions
IRENA has analysed NDCs in relation to national energy plans and actual deployment trends. In many cases, NDCs have not kept up with recent, rapid growth in renewables, the report finds. Even countries that lacked targets in their NDCs had ambitious plans for renewables in the energy sector.
- November 2017
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- Climate Change
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- English
Perspectives for the energy transition: Investment needs for a low-carbon energy system
This joint study looks at the potential for decarbonisation in the energy sector in G20 countries and around the world. Chapter 3, “Global Energy Transition Prospects and the Role of Renewables”, highlights findings from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
- March 2017
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- Energy Transition, Innovation
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- English
REthinking Energy 2017: Accelerating the global energy transformation
This flagship report examines trends and developments in the global quest for a sustainable energy future. As this third edition emphasises, accelerated deployment will fuel economic growth, create new employment opportunities, enhance human welfare and contribute to a climate-safe future.
- January 2017
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- Energy Transition, Climate Change
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- English
The UMEME Framework for NDC Implementation: Advancing renewable energy in Africa together with national climate plans
The historic Paris climate agreement, adopted by countries around the world in December 2015, aims to the rise of global temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius. Renewable energy will play a key role in this effort, which encompasses developing as well as developed countries, by increasing the supply of cheap and accessible energy in a less carbon-intensive manner.
- November 2016
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- Climate Change
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- English
The True Cost of Fossil Fuels: Saving on the Externalities of Air Pollution and Climate Change
This brief quantifies air pollution and climate change externalities related to fossil fuels, along with the extent these can be reduced with higher uptake of renewables.
- May 2016
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- Climate Change
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- English
REmap: Roadmap for A Renewable Energy Future: 2016 Edition
Doubling renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 is not only feasible, but cheaper than not doing so. Economic savings would far exceed the costs. It would create more jobs, boost economic growth and save millions of lives annually through reduced air pollution. It would also, when coupled with greater energy efficiency, put the world on track to keep the rise of...
- March 2016
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- Benefits, Climate Change
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- English
REthinking Energy: Renewable Energy and Climate Change
The second edition of REthinking Energy – the flagship report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – looks at how the transition to renewables could help avert catastrophic global warming. As the report points out, renewable energy is at the core of any strategy for countries to meet climate goals while supporting economic growth, employment and domestic value...
- November 2015
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- Climate Change
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- English