Welcome to the Pre-Assembly Day of the Sixteenth session of the IRENA Assembly, conducted under the theme: Powering Humanity: Renewable Energy for Shared Prosperity. This Assembly session gathers over 1500 participants, including global leaders and energy decision-makers to discuss progress and outline actions to accelerate the global renewable energy transition, aligned with the UAE Consensus, the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and the Paris Agreement.

Follow this page for a live blog from all sessions on 10 January, the Pre-Assembly Day and check IRENA social media channels for updates on #IRENA16A.

IRENA Pre-Assembly stakeholder and ministerial meetings are taking place on the 10 January 2025. See the full schedule and live stream here.

Pathways for a Renewable Future across Latin America and Caribbean subregions: Regional Energy Transition Outlook for South America

This session introduces the key findings of the recently published Regional Energy Transition Outlook for South America, exploring strategic opportunities for strengthening regional cooperation across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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2026 IRENA Legislators and Regulators Forum: Rethinking the Framework: Powering the Renewable Energy Transition

The IRENA Legislators Forum brings together a growing network of parliamentarians with an interest in accelerating renewable energy uptake. Find out more about this annual event.

The 2026 Forum brought together parliamentarians and energy regulators to chart a course for legislative and policy action that unlocks finance, accelerates deployment, and ensures transitions are investable, inclusive, and locally grounded.

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From Planning to Power: Energy Communities for Energy Transitions

This session explores how integrated energy planning frameworks can help achieve universal electricity access in remote and underserved communities.

Opening the session, IRENA Director-Innovation and Technology Centre, Mr. Mike Enskat said, “IRENA recognises the importance of energy planning, and this morning we focus the discussion on integrated energy planning for the achievement of universal energy access, taking examples from Senegal. IRENA’s ‘Strategic Energy Access Planning Support’ (SEAPS) programme is supporting countries by equipping them with and skills to implement data-driven planning, and that is key to attract investment towards energy access projects.”