Highly efficient, electricity-driven heat pumps have a crucial role to play in decarbonising space and water heating in buildings.

Highlights of activities by IRENA and Director-General Francesco La Camera.

IRENA and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) hosted, “Closing the Gap: securing lives, creating livelihoods in Small Islands Developing States” session at COP27 on 16 November.

IRENA organised the "Game Changers Accelerating the Global Energy" session on 15 November at COP27, in support of the High-Level Champions and the Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action.

 SIDS continue to accelerate the uptake of renewables to mitigate future impacts and adapt to global uncertainties.

IRENA and the Danish government organised an event titled, “Renewable Energy Transitions in the ASEAN Region” at COP27.

To raise the momentum behind this exceptional initiative, on 12 November, IRENA and NRCan organised a side event titled “Transitioning Remote Communities to Renewable Energy” at COP27 in the IRENA pavilion.

The industrial sector is the second largest emitter after power generation, accounting for more than 30 per cent of global emissions and almost 40 per cent of global energy consumption.

At COP26 at the IRENA Pavilion experts gathered to discuss the challenge of decoupling food production from fossil fuels without diminishing food security.

Launched on 10 November at COP27 in the IRENA pavilion, the network aims to advance energy education for both social transformation and training of the energy transition workforce.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has developed the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing Platform (ETAF) and is steadily adding partners.

Renewable energy can play a critical role in meeting the needs for powering agri-food systems in both developed and developing countries. Renewables can also help bridge the energy access deficit faced by healthcare facilities.

As tens of thousands of delegates converged on Sharm el-Sheikh, IRENA Consultant Kelly Rigg, who has led many prominent international campaigns related to climate and energy, shares her thoughts on some of the key issues likely to be on the conference agenda.

In an interview, Barbara Jinks, Programme Officer – Green Gas delivery and Use, Innovation and Technology Centre, IRENA, provides an overview of IRENA’s global initiatives since 2018 to promote the hydrogen trade.

The report was launched at a high-profile event held in the central district of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta in the presence representatives from the government, development partners, private sector and financiers.

Hydrogen is experiencing unprecedented momentum and given the current geopolitical turmoil leading to severe risks for global energy security, the need to accelerate its development has become even more important. This was recognised by the German G7 presidency who announced, in the ‘G7 Hydrogen Action Pact” earlier this year, the need for strengthened collaboration between G7 members on the development of green and low carbon hydrogen value chains.

The Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility is currently inviting its third cohort of entrepreneurs in particular women, with a focus in clean cooking access.

IRENA’s new report, Solar PV: A Gender Perspective, finds that women fare best in solar PV manufacturing, representing 47% of the workforce.

The joint IRENA-ILO report assesses impacts of the 1.5°C Scenario under which renewable energy jobs would rise from today’s 12.7 million to 38.2 million in 2030.

Interview with Michael Renner, IRENA Programme Officer, contributor to the joint IRENA—ILO report on renewable energy jobs.

Interest in localising supply chains is rising to enhance resilience and boost domestic value creation.

At the Climate Week NYC, IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera underscored the need for massive investments in renewable energy to mitigate the current energy crisis.

IRENA's second Legislators Dialogue brought together parliamentarians of the G20 countries and from the Global South to discuss policy frameworks needed to turn climate adaptation commitments into action.

The capacity building roundtable for islands in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea was organised by IRENA through its SIDS Lighthouses Initiative.

Costa Rican cities like Cartago, Grecia, and Guanacaste have witnessed a remarkable increase in e-mobility infrastructure, thanks to a robust policy framework.