{"id":82130,"date":"2026-07-03T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=82130"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:39:53","slug":"international-renewable-energy-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/international-renewable-energy-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"International Renewable Energy Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>International Renewable Energy Agency Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) , renewable energy projects commissioned in 2025 helped avoid an estimated $480 billion in fossil fuel costs globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About International Renewable Energy Agency<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>intergovernmental organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was <\/span><b>founded in 2009<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It serves as the <\/span><b>principal platform for<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international cooperation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy, technology, resource and financial knowledge on <\/span><b>renewable energy.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has 170 Members (169 States and the European Union). India is also one of the founder members of IRENA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its headquarter is in <\/span><b>Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Governance of International Renewable Energy Agency<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Assembly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is IRENA\u2019s <\/span><b>ultimate decision-making authority,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made up of one representative from each Member.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Council:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is composed of <\/span><b>21 Member States elected for a two-year term<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is accountable to the Assembly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Council members serve on a rotating basis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure the effective participation of both developing and developed countries and a fair and equitable geographical distribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Secretariat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It comprises the <\/span><b>Director-General<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his staff, provides administrative and technical support to the Assembly, the Council and their subsidiary bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>official United Nations observer.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/energy\/renewables-save-480-billion-in-fossil-fuel-costs-in-2025-as-price-advantage-widens-irena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Renewable Energy Agency is an intergovernmental organisation that was founded in 2009 to support countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4694],"class_list":["post-82130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-international-renewable-energy-agency","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111113,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82130\/revisions\/111113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}