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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) Coverage
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Fifth session of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Assembly and Associated Events
16-21 January 2015 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Highlights for Sunday, 18 January 2015
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On Sunday morning, members convened in plenary for consideration of institutional matters and a programmatic discussion on off-grid renewable energy deployment. A ministerial roundtable on the role of renewable energy in energy security took place in parallel.
A strategic discussion on renewable energy and climate change was also held later in the morning. Christiana Figueres, Executive Director, UNFCCC, stressed that the transition to renewables is already underway, unstoppable and “stands on its own two feet” outside of the climate negotiations. Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France, said the incoming COP 21 Presidency was an honor, but also an obligation to succeed. She expressed her full support for IRENA’s work, particularly with African and Island states. Rómulo Acurio Traverso, Deputy Representative for Climate Change, Peru, highlighted the success of COP 20 in capitalizing the GCF, engaging stakeholders and working towards a legally binding agreement with the Lima Call for Climate Action.
During a lunchtime event, IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) announced US$57 million in concession loans for five renewable energy projects in Argentina, Cuba, Iran, Mauritania, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Secretariat presented REsource, an open platform that compiles IRENA’s data on renewable energy statistics, policies, markets and other topics into a single online access point.
A strategic discussion on a future strategy for financing the Agency took place in the afternoon. Director-General Amin concluded that the fifth Assembly sends out the clear message that renewable energy is growing in importance worldwide. The meeting closed at 6:45pm.
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| L-R: Maria Van der Hoeven, IEA; Amos Hochstein, US Bureau of Energy Resources; Adnan Amin, Director-General, IRENA; Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commission; and Brian Dames, CEO AREP, Eskom |
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| Chung Yang Ho, Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea; Adnan Amin, Director-General, IRENA; and Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, IEA |
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| Shamshad Akhtar, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) |
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| Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Morocco |
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| Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France, consulting with another delegate |
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| Heinz Krier, Fraunhofer and Eicke R. Weber, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems |
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Rimnogdo Narcisse Sawadogo, Director-General of Energy,
Burkina Faso |
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| Soichiro Seki, Vice-Minister for Global Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan |
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| Ali Ozair Al Shafar, First Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates |
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| Magdy Rady, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Economic Relations, Egypt |
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| Funding for coverage of these events has been provided by IRENA
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