Global industry leaders and IRENA join forces to accelerate renewable deployment
8 June 2023, Bonn | The International Renewable Energy Agency and Global Renewables Alliance signed an MoU today to work together towards a rapid, sustainable, affordable and inclusive energy transition. The world needs renewables now and policymakers must have a clear-eyed focus on delivering them – this partnership will help ensure that happens. IRENA’s target of 1 TW of new renewable capacity annually to 2030 will guide ambition for this work.
24/7 Carbon-Free Energy presented at CEM as key solution for a cleaner and more resilient energy system
20 JULY 2023 – Goa, India | The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) held in Goa, India, marked a significant milestone in the global transition towards a sustainable and carbon-free energy future.
Private and public sectors call for an ambitious global target of tripling total renewable energy capacity to 11 TW by 2030
The world’s leading renewable energy voices have joined with the COP28 Presidency and European Commission to ensure an ambitious 2030 global renewable target is at the top of the agenda at the COP 28 Conference in Dubai this December.
24/7 Carbon-Free Energy for All: Towards a Resilient Energy System
GOA, India, 20 July 2023 – In the framework of the fourteenth session of the Clean Energy Ministerial, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), UN-Energy, and Global Renewables Alliance, co-hosted a side event titled ‘Towards a 24/7 Carbon Free Energy Future.’
More than 250 organisations call for transformative target to triple renewable power capacity by 2030
A global multi-stakeholder coalition highlights the urgency of action on the energy transition required from world leaders as they gather in New York with just 73 days to go until COP28
REN21 and GRA join forces to reinforce renewable energy as a pillar of climate change mitigation, sustainable development and economic growth
New York, 20 September 2023 |Against a backdrop of unstable energy prices, supply security challenges and urgent warnings about climate change the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that underlines their joint commitment to fast–tracking the transition to renewable energy.
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.
COP28 pledge on tripling kicks off massive scale up of renewable energy – but action and accountability must now match this ambition
Dubai, 2 December 2023 |The pledge to triple global renewable energy capacity by 117] countries by 2030 is an historic milestone in the drive to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
The Nature Conservancy and Global Renewables Alliance Announce Global Action Plan on Tripling Renewables with a Nature Positive and Just Transition
With over 136 countries at COP28 committing to triple renewable capacity by 2030, TNC and GRA reveal plan to accelerate action.
Call for “Tripling renewable energy… by 2030” in final text from COP28 signals end of fossil fuel era.
Weak language on transition puts impetus on industry and governments to end the world’s reliance on polluting fossil fuels and start renewables era.