Accelerated Energy Transition Can Add 40 million Energy Sector Jobs by 2050
Socio-economic analysis of IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook sees significant economic prosperity and calls for progressive policy actions at COP28. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 29 November 2023 – Progressive policies are critical to boost the socio-economic benefits of the energy transition and spread them broadly across the world, a new report released by […]
Update: UK Energy Act 2023
The United Nations statistics show that over 80 per cent of the global population, around 6 billion people, live in countries that are net-importers of fossil fuels. In simple terms, the poorest countries do not currently have the luxury of using renewable energy, instead of relying on fossil fuels to generate electricity and heat. This […]
IRENA and DP World Join Forces to Advance Decarbonisation Solutions for Ports and Maritime Logistics
The two parties will collaborate to accelerate renewables across the maritime sector and beyond Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 November 2023 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has signed a collaboration agreement with DP World, a UAE-based global supply chain solutions company. Through the agreement, the two organizations will collaborate on decarbonising the […]
Implementing Regulations Can Turn Honduras’ Renewables Ambition into Reality
New report finds translating enabling policies into coherent implementation mechanism will attract more investments in renewables, reducing dependency on fossil fuels. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 14 November 2023 – With abundant renewable energy potential and ambitious target to achieve 80 per cent of renewables share in the power generation by 2038, Honduras is already on the […]
IRENA, the Architect of the Energy Transformation
The upcoming COP28 in Dubai offers a unique opportunity to position the renewable-based energy transition as a key solution to address climate change. Given the intensifying international efforts to accelerate progress towards reaching the 1.5°C climate goal, accelerating the global energy transition is in the centre of the climate discourse. IRENA’s World Energy Transitions […]
Offshore wind patents on the rise, new study by IRENA and EPO shows
The global renewable power capacity must triple by 2030 to keep the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement within reach. Offshore Wind capacity would need to reach almost 500 GW in 2030, a fourteen-fold increase in comparison to 2020. Offshore technology’s high energy output and its ability to be built up quickly at gigawatt-scale […]
REPowerEUplan 2023 Update
In May 2022, the EU launched the REPowerEUPlan to counteract the socio-economic hardship and disruption to the energy markets caused by the Ukraine issue. The initiative is designed to help provide greater energy security within the EU by focusing on: energy savings, clean energy production and diversification of energy supplies. The aim is to cut […]
Removing Barriers for Green Hydrogen Deployment
According to IRENA’s World Energy Transition Outlook, hydrogen and its derivates are projected to make up 14% of global total final energy consumption by 2050 in a world aiming to stay under a 1.5-degree temperature increase. The eighth meeting of the Collaborative Framework on Green Hydrogen, therefore addressed the barriers stakeholders face when entering […]
COP28, IRENA and Global Renewables Alliance outline roadmap at Pre-COP on fast-tracking the energy transition by tripling renewable power and doubling energy efficiency by 2030
COP28 Presidency, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Global Renewables Alliance publish joint report outlining key enablers to triple global renewable power capacity to 11,000 GW and double average annual energy efficiency improvements by 2030. Report launched during Pre-COP in Abu Dhabi to inform countries as they prepare for COP28. Key enablers include: infrastructure and […]
Tripling Renewable Power and Doubling Energy Efficiency by 2030
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