IRENA & General Electric collaborate on climate change goals at COP27

IRENA & General Electric collaborate on climate change goals at COP27

General Electric (GE), an American multinational conglomerate, has signed a framework agreement with the UAE-led International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), to collaborate on a plan which will support both climate change and energy security.

The agreement was signed by Mr. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA and Mr. Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer of GE at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Egypt.

Through this collaboration, GE and IRENA have agreed to cooperate across several specific pillars including decarbonization, thought leadership, and adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. COP27 provides the right context and platform for the agreement to move forward.

Francesco La Camera

Director-General

IRENA “Any near-term shortfall in action will further reduce the chance of keeping 1.5°C within reach. We are acutely aware that scaling up renewable energy investments and decarbonization technologies is more important today than ever. Our collaboration with GE underlines how partnerships within the industry can, and must, serve our mission of supporting countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future. Together with forward-looking multinationals such as GE, we hope to accelerate progress and fuel global ambitions to achieve net-zero.”

“GE knows that partnership is critical to solving climate change and