EFK, Alm.del - 2015-16 - Bilag 366: Henvendelse fra IRENA (the International Renewable Energy Agency) om muligt fremtidigt samarbejde med Folketinget

Energi-, Forsynings- og Klimaudvalget 2015-16
EFK Alm.del Bilag 366
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Reference: DG/LT/2016/O/11564

19 July 2016

Dear Ms Pia Kjaersgaard,

I am writing to you regarding the potential for collaboration between your national

Parliament and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Formally established

in 2011 as an intergovernmental organisation, the Agency promotes the widespread adoption

and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. IRENA has 175 countries and the

European Union engaged in its activities and cooperates with a range of stakeholders, including

national governments that guide the Agency’s work, international organisations, private sector

and civil society.

The recent adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals

are set to accelerate the global energy transition already underway. Last year, renewable energy

deployment grew to unprecedented levels, and investment into renewables reached a record

USD 286 billion. As a result, IRENA’s figures show that the renewables sector is yielding

significant socio-economic benefits to countries, including emerging as a significant employer,

now generating more than 8.1 million jobs.

As our global energy system undergoes this historical transformation, IRENA is

looking to engage with key Members of Parliament around the world who have an interest in

renewable energy and its inter-linkages with socio-economic development, technology, policy

and finance. IRENA seeks to support parliamentarians in their work, including through the

regular dissemination of up-to-date and relevant information on renewable energy. Our

periodic

REview for Parliamentarians

as well as our webinars address topics that are of specific

interest to parliamentarians such as renewable energy legislation.

In addition, last January IRENA hosted its first

Legislators Forum

in Abu Dhabi, United

Arab Emirates, on the sidelines of the Agency’s annual Assembly meeting. The forum served

as a platform for a substantive dialogue between legislators and renewable energy experts on

the deployment of renewables. Participants also attended the Assembly, which provided them

with an opportunity to engage with over 180 country representatives and other stakeholders on

the latest trends in the renewable energy sector.

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Ms Pia Kjaersgaard

Secretary General

Denmark

www.irena.org

IRENA Secretariat

IRENA Headquarters, Masdar City

P.O. Box 236, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

EFK, Alm.del - 2015-16 - Bilag 366: Henvendelse fra IRENA (the International Renewable Energy Agency) om muligt fremtidigt samarbejde med Folketinget

Following the success of this first meeting, IRENA will be hosting a second

Legislators

Forum

on 13 January, 2017. In this context, I would appreciate your support in bringing this

meeting to the attention of relevant Members of your Parliament. As IRENA works to expand

its outreach to Members of Parliament, I would also be grateful if you could share with the

IRENA Secretariat the names and contact details of Heads of relevant committees and other

active parliamentarians interested in the areas of renewable energy, or more broadly energy

and sustainable development, so that the Agency can provide them with the latest available

information in this field.

I look forward to enhancing IRENA’s engagement with you and other interested

Members of Parliament on renewable energy.

Sincerely,

Adnan Z. Amin

Director-General