IRENA energy transition support to strengthen climate action 2022

IRENA’SENERGY TRANSITIONSUPPORTTOSTRENGTHENCLIMATE ACTION INSIGHTTOIMPACT 2022 ©IRENA2022 Unlessotherwisestated,materialinthispublicationmaybefreelyused,shared,copied,reproduced,printedand/orstored,providedthatappropriateacknowledgementisgivenofIRENAasthesourceandcopyrightholder.Materialinthispublicationthatisattributedtothirdpartiesmaybesubjecttoseparatetermsofuseandrestrictions,andappropriatepermissionsfromthesethirdpartiesmayneedtobesecuredbeforeanyuseofsuchmaterial. Citation:IRENA(2022),IRENA'sEnergyTransitionSupporttoStrengthenClimateAction:Insighttoimpact2022,InternationalRenewableEnergyAgency,AbuDhabi. ISBN:978-92-9260-482-0 AboutIRENA TheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency(IRENA)isanintergovernmentalorganisationthatsupportscountriesintheirtransitiontoasustainableenergyfutureandservesastheprincipalplatformforinternationalco-operation,acentreofexcellence,andarepositoryofpolicy,technology,resourceandfinancialknowledgeonrenewableenergy.IRENApromotesthewidespreadadoptionandsustainableuseofallformsofrenewableenergy,includingbioenergy,geothermal,hydropower,ocean,solarandwindenergy,inthepursuitofsustainabledevelopment,energyaccess,energysecurityandlow-carboneconomicgrowthandprosperity.www.irena.org Acknowledgements ThisreportwasauthoredbyToyoKawabata,MargaretSuh,andJoongYeopLee,undertheguidanceofBinuParthanandGurbuzGonul(Director,IRENACountryEngagementandPartnerships).Thereportbenefitedgreatlyfromvaluableinputs,commentsandreviewfromIRENAcolleaguesandfromClimateActionTaskforcemembers:AmjadAbdulla,ArvydasLebedys,ClaireKiss,ElizabethPress,HugoSavoini,KamranSiddiqui,PaulaNardone,SimonBenmarraze,JenniferIfeanyiOkoro(ex-IRENA)andReemKorban(ex-IRENA). Forfurtherinformationortoprovidefeedback:publications@irena.org Thisreportisavailablefordownload:www.irena.org/publications Disclaimer Thispublicationandthematerialhereinareprovided“asis”.AllreasonableprecautionshavebeentakenbytheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency(IRENA).However,IRENAdoesnotprovideawarrantyofanykind,eitherexpressedorimplied,andtheyacceptnoresponsibilityorliabilityforanyconsequenceofuseofthepublicationormaterialherein. TheinformationcontainedhereindoesnotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsofallMembersofIRENA,norisitanendorsementofanyproject,productorserviceprovider.ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofmaterialhereindonotimplytheexpressionofanyopiniononthepartofIRENAregardingthelegalstatusofanycountry,region,city,territoryorareaorofitsauthorities,orregardingthedelimitationoffrontiersorboundaries. Coverphoto:Sorn340StudioImages©Shutterstock CONTENTS Figuresandtables5 Abbreviations6 Executivesummary7 Energytransitionasakeydriver forclimateaction10 IRENA’sclimateactionsupport forNDCsandlong-termstrategies14 IRENA’simpacttodate20 Africa29countries,46activities20 AsiaandthePacific27countries,47activities24 Europe5countries,12activities28 LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean22countries,59activities30 Outlook33 References34 Annex35 3 IRENA'SENERGYTRANSITIONSUPPORTTOSTRENGTHENCLIMATEACTION ANNEX Afghanistan36 Albania37 AntiguaandBarbuda38 Argentina40 Bahamas41 Barbados42 Belarus43 Belize44 Benin46 Bhutan47 BosniaandHerzegovina48 Botswana49 BurkinaFaso50 Cambodia51 Cameroon52 Chad53 Colombia54 Comoros55 Cuba56 Dominica57 DominicanRepublic58 Ecuador60 Egypt62 ElSalvador63 Eswatini65 Ethiopia66 Fiji67 Gabon68 TheGambia69 Ghana70 Grenada71 Guyana73 Indonesia74 Iraq76 Jordan77 Kazakhstan78 Kiribati79 KyrgyzRepublic80 LaoPeople’sDemocraticRepublic82 Lebanon83 Lesotho85 Liberia86 Mali87 Mauritius88 FederatedStatesofMicronesia89 MongolianPeople’sRepublic90 Morocco91 Mozambique92 Myanmar93 Nepal94 Nicaragua95 Niger96 Nigeria97 Niue98 NorthMacedonia99 Pakistan100 Palau101 Panama102 PapuaNewGuinea103 Paraguay105 Peru106 Rwanda107 SaintKittsandNevis108 SaintLucia110 SaintVincentandtheGrenadines111 Samoa112 SãoToméandPríncipe113 SaudiArabia114 Senegal115 Seychelles116 SolomonIslands117 SouthAfrica118 Sudan119 Tonga120 TrinidadandTobago121 Türkiye122 Tuvalu123 Uganda124 UnitedArabEmirates125 Uruguay126 Uzbekistan127 Zambia128 Zimbabwe129 4 IRENA'SENERGYTRANSITIONSUPPORTTOSTRENGTHENCLIMATEACTION FIGURES Figure1DistributionofIRENAworkpackages(%)8 Figure2Reducingemissionsby2050throughsixtechnologicalavenues11 Figure3NDCsubmissionstotheUNFCCCasofSeptember202212 Figure4SectorcoverageintheupdatedNDCs13 Figure5EnergyinupdatedNDCssubmittedtotheUNFCCC13 Figure6IRENA'sengagementwithPartiestotheParisAgreement15 Figure7DistributionofIRENA’sworkpackages17 Figure8DistributionofsupportrequestsourcestoIRENA(%)18 Figure9EnergyTargetscommunicatedintheLT-LEDS19 Figure10DistributionofIRENAworkpackagesinAfrica21 Figure11DistributionofIRENAworkpackagesinAsiaandthePacific25 Figure12DistributionofIRENAworkpackagesinEurope29 Figure13DistributionofIRENAworkpackagesinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean31 TABLES Table1IRENA’scountryengagementwithNDCandlong-termstrategy supportacrossregions8 Table2IRENA’sclimateactionsupport16 5 IRENA'SENERGYTRANSITIONSUPPORTTOSTRENGTHENCLIMATEACTION ABBREVIATIONS °CdegreesCelsius CO2