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Energy Security Is Fundamental to Global Security

Bill Richardson | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Masdar City, Renewable Energy Middle East, Irena, International Renewable Energy Agency, Climate-Week-Nyc, Climate Week Nyc, Green News
Bill Richardson

In the midst of this year's "Arab Spring," approximately 149 countries formalized the creation of the International Renewable Energy Agency called IRENA, a relatively new entity designed to accelerate renewable energy adoption.

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Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else

Cleo Paskal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cleo Paskal

Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga. The small South Pacific country of the Kingdom of Tonga has been busy. In a two-week period around the start of Septembe...

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Hans Jørgen Koch Explains Why IRENA Is "50 times More Than the IEA"

Lily Riahi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lily Riahi

Lily Riahi speaks with Hans Jørgen Koch about why we need the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) especially given the existence of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Promise of New Renewable Energy Agency in Peril?

Lily Riahi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Low-Carbon Energy, Irena, Solar Power, Feed-in Tariff, International Relations, International Renewable Energy Agency, France-Uae-Base, Sarkozy, France, Abu Dhabi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Uae, Green News
Lily Riahi

After three decades of resistance, the first and only intergovernmental agency to focus solely on renewable energy development is finally ready to launch on July 1st.

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Why Irena Should Find Her Home in Abu Dhabi

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Nations, International Renewable Energy Agency, Irena, Un, Uae, United Arab Emirates, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

If the UN expects the developing world to take its noble mission seriously, including ensuring social progress and equality, it must start to practice what it preaches and encourage capable emerging countries to take a leading role in development.

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