Clean Energy Transitions Programme Annual Report 2024 Summary
Abstract
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) Clean Energy Transitions Programme (CETP) is a flagship initiative launched in 2017 to accelerate clean energy transitions worldwide. The programme focuses on emerging market and developing economies, leveraging the IEA's expertise to provide analysis, technical assistance, and capacity building. The CETP is structured around three key pillars:
- Pillar I – Accelerating national transitions: Directly supporting national transitions in partner countries, primarily in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Pillar II – Multilateral co-ordination: Strengthening multilateral co-operation and co-ordination on clean energy transitions through initiatives like the Biofuture Platform and the Regulatory Energy Transition Accelerator.
- Pillar III – Enabling global energy dialogue: Delivering global analysis and data to inform policy dialogue on key drivers of energy transitions, focusing on people-centred transitions, critical minerals, climate resilience, investment mobilisation, and methane emissions reduction.
Key Achievements (2024):
- Supporting national transitions:
- The CETP supported over 320 high-level meetings with policymakers, 735 workshops and technical exchanges with over 12 000 participants, and 42 training events for almost 1200 policy professionals.
- Secured USD 2.2 billion in funding for clean cooking access in Africa.
- Provided direct technical assistance to Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership, including developing the Captive Power Study and contributing to the Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan.
- Supported Brazil in developing the Fuel of the Future Program and the National Energy Transition Plan.
- Launched the first-ever leaders-level summit on clean cooking in Africa, bringing together 130 entities and 12 African nations committed to action.
- Strengthening multilateral co-ordination:
- Played a key role in shaping the climate and energy goals agreed at COP28 and continued engagement to support implementation.
- Hosted four COP29-IEA High-Level Energy Transition Dialogues to align on actions and strategies to implement COP28 energy targets.
- Contributed to the development of the Roadmap to Increase Investment in Clean Energy in Developing Economies for the G20 Presidency.
- Supported Brazil's G20 Presidency, contributing to various task forces and working groups focused on advancing future fuels and clean energy investment in emerging markets.
- Facilitated international collaboration on biofuels and sustainable fuels through the Biofuture Platform.
- Enabling global energy dialogue:
- Launched the first-ever Energy Innovation Forum, bringing together 250 entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and policy makers from around the world.
- Hosted the 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, co-hosted by IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol and Kenya’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Davis Chirchir.
- Convened the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions: Designing for Fairness, with Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera of Spain and Minister Alexandre Silveira of Brazil as co-chairs.
- Developed the Energy Efficiency Policy Toolkit and the Designing an Energy Statistics Roadmap guide to strengthen national capacities for tracking energy transitions.
- Expanded its online presence, with the CETP website content receiving more than 4.8 million page views from over 2 million users.
- Launched the Global Observatory on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions to track best practices and key policies in people-centred clean energy transition.
Funding:
- The CETP is funded through voluntary contributions from IEA Member countries and partners, with a total of 21 contributions amounting to approximately EUR 37.7 million in 2024.
- The funding breakdown by substantive area is 66% for Pillar I, 22% for Pillar III, and 12% for Pillar II.
Impact:
- The CETP has made a significant impact on advancing clean energy transitions worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- The programme has helped countries develop clean energy transition targets, implement policies, and scale up investments in clean energy technologies.
- The IEA's work on critical minerals, climate resilience, investment mobilisation, and methane emissions reduction has been central to the global energy transition.
Future Plans:
- The CETP will continue to support countries in achieving their clean energy transition goals, focusing on key areas such as energy efficiency, critical minerals, and climate resilience.
- The IEA will further strengthen its collaboration with multilateral forums like the G20 and COP to drive international collective action on energy-related climate goals.
- The IEA will continue to develop and disseminate cutting-edge analysis and tools to support policy makers and stakeholders in advancing clean energy transitions.
CETP Summary Framework:
- The CETP Strategic Framework provides clear direction for the programme’s goals and activities, ensuring transparency and accessibility to IEA Member countries, partners, and funders.
- The framework is updated every two years to ensure its relevance and aligns with the IEA’s Programme of Work and Budget.
CETP Governance:
- The programme is governed by a Strategic Co-ordination Group (SCG) consisting of all the programme’s funders countries.
- An internal CETP Steering Committee oversees the allocation of resources to different areas of the programme.
- The CETP Core Team, based in the IEA’s Strategic Initiatives Office, manages the programme’s strategic direction, ensures quality control, and engages with funders countries.
Overall, the CETP has been successful in accelerating clean energy transitions worldwide, and its impact is expected to grow in the years to come.
