Mission Statement 

REN21 convenes international multistakeholder leaders to enable a rapid global transition to renewable energy. REN21 promotes renewable energy to meet the needs of both industrialised and developing countries that are driven by climate change, energy security, development and poverty alleviation.

Goals

The overarching goal of REN21 is the promotion of policies that will increase the wise use of renewable energy worldwide. In order to achieve this objective, REN21 encourages action in three areas: Policy, Advocacy, and Exchange.

Policy - Framing Priority Issues

REN21 convenes and engages key leaders and stakeholders in national legislation and international processes. REN21 and its participants encourage the inclusion of renewable energy matters in the deliberations of appropriate meetings and venues, and target relevant political processes.

REN21 encourages political support for the strengthening of regulatory environments and market structures that lead to accelerating the use of renewable energy in developed and developing countries and emerging economies, and to expanded access to public and private financing. REN21 encourages countries to meet commitments to renewable energy (particularly in the Renewables International Action Programme) and helps document and report on progress.

Advocacy - Highlighting Benefits

REN21 advocates the deployment of renewable energy as a critical component of strategies to increase access to energy services and to alleviate poverty in developing countries, and as a necessary component of environmentally and economically sound energy regimes in all countries, in particular addressing climate change and energy security.

By combining their experiences and expertise, by hosting high profile international events, and by producing authoritative and influential issue papers, REN21 participants improve the understanding of the value and essential contribution of renewable energy in achieving sustainable development, and promote attention to the opportunities associated with the expanded use of renewable energy.

Exchange - Promoting Knowledge Flow

REN21 promotes knowledge generation and exchange by providing links among knowledge bases on renewable energy market and policy developments, and by working to ensure that gaps in the knowledge base are effectively filled by capable organisations and individuals.

By encouraging ongoing dialogues, joint work, and transparency among a diverse community of government ministries, international organisations, and stakeholder groups on priority issues regarding the role and expansion of renewable energy, REN21 is a catalyst for specific contributions, capacity building, and policy advice for consideration by relevant national and international bodies.

REN21’s flagship publication, the annual Renewables Global Status Report, is the most frequently referenced source of information on renewable energy policies and market developments. Facilitating exchange among the community, REN21 is working together with the REEEP Partnership on the Reegle Information Gateway, a one-stop-shop for high quality, up-to-date information on renewable energy, energy efficiency and key industry actors.

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REN21 Mission and Concept