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Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the geopolitical drivers and potential consequences of the development of clean hydrogen value chains.
- January 2022
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- Energy Transition, Climate Change
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- English
Renewable Energy Market Analysis: Africa and its Regions
The report lays out a pathway to a renewable-based energy system and shows that the transition promises substantial gains in GDP, employment, and human welfare in each region of the African continent.
- January 2022
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- Energy Transition, Finance & Investment
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- English
NDCs and Renewable Energy Targets in 2021
This report assesses current climate pledges in light of the challenge ahead, and explores the transformative opportunity offered by renewable energy that can serve as a vehicle for delivering the needed emission reductions.
- January 2022
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- Energy Transition
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- English
Off-grid renewable energy statistics 2021
This publication presents statistics for the decade 2010-2019 in trilingual tables, covering off-grid power capacity, biogas production and numbers of people using off-grid power and biogas for cooking and lighting.
- December 2021
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- Energy Transition, Statistics
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- English, French, Spanish
African Renewable Electricity Profiles for Energy Modelling Database: Hydropower
IRENA’s new spatiotemporal data atlas, AfREP-Hydro, covers all existing and several hundred committed, planned and potential future hydropower plants across Africa.
- December 2021
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- Energy Transition
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- English
Community Energy Toolkit: Best practices for broadening the ownership of renewables
This white paper analyses 11 renewable energy initiatives from across the world, showcasing ways in which communities actively participate in energy decision making bringing socio-economic impacts to societies.
- November 2021
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- Energy Transition
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- English
IRENA's Energy Transition Support to Strengthen Climate Action
This report highlights the work done during the NDCs review process, the support offered through its different work packages as well as facilitating Parties and countries with project developments, financing and investment.
- November 2021
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- Energy Transition, Climate Change
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- English
Renewable Energy for Agri-food Systems
This joined IRENA-FAO report analyses the role of renewables in agri-food systems and opportunity they offer to advance energy and food security and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
- November 2021
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- Energy Transition, Climate Change
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- English
De-Risking Investments in North Macedonia
This report, developed by IRENA and UNDP under the Climate Promise cooperation framework, aims to support North Macedonia accelerate the implementation of its enhanced NDC.
- October 2021
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- Energy Transition, Heating & Cooling
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- English
Renewable Energy and Jobs - Annual Review 2021
This Special Edition of the report on Labour and Policy Perspectives, in collaboration with the ILO, presents the status of employment in 2020 and discusses the policy framework required for a just transition.
- October 2021
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- Benefits, Policy
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- English