- Nigeria has been elected a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council for the next two years.
- The resolution for IRENA members hinted that short-term actions would accelerate the energy transition in the coming years and leverage the 1.5-degree Celsius pathway to 2050.
The 13th session, which brought together the 168 members, equally saw to the appointment of the incumbent Director-General, Francesco La Camera, for a second term of four years. In his speech, he said: “We must build a new energy system with the tools and systems of the future, not the past. Just as we innovate to improve technologies, we must reimagine international cooperation for the new energy era. A renewable-based transition is a vehicle for climate-proof energy systems, improved energy security, reduced inequality and long-overdue universal access. I am deeply humbled to be appointed as Director-General for a new term. I will continue to work tirelessly to realise IRENA’s new global mission”.
This comes as global energy leaders gathered yesterday at the 13th IRENA in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to discuss options for checking climate change ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) later this year. Nations, including Nigeria, have committed to net-zero goals to save the planet. Still, prevailing development, especially COVID-19 and the Ukrainian war, have thrown global projections off balance with severe energy and supply chain disruption. The resolution for IRENA members hinted that short-term actions would accelerate the energy transition in the coming years and leverage the 1.5-degree Celsius pathway to 2050.