IRENA’s World Energy Transition Day to kick-start crucial assembly meeting

IRENA’s World Energy Transition Day to kick-start crucial assembly meeting

ABU DHABI — The International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) Eleventh Assembly will get under way virtually from Monday 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."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."The opening day of the Assembly will be marked as World Energy Transition Day, setting the direction for four days of high-level discussions on net-zero policies, national energy planning, renewable energy investment and the energy-healthcare nexus, from Jan. 18-21.Close to 2000 high-level attendees