Irena’s World Energy Transition Day kick-starts crucial meeting
ABU DHABI, January 18, 2021 The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (Irena) Eleventh Assembly got underway virtually setting the course for a critical year of global commitments to low-carbon development. With the postponed COP26 set to take place later this year, 2021 is seen as an important moment for countries to raise climate mitigation ambition including renewable energy deployment, to align economic recovery efforts with the goals of the Paris Agreement, a WAM report said. The Covid-19 pandemic defined 2020, said Francesco La Camera, Irena Director-General. However, as countries look to recover from the devastating impacts of the pandemic and build back in a way that is more resilient, just and sustainable, we can define this year as the moment we placed the energy transition at the heart of global policy and investment decision making.