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Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century – REN21 –
To establish a link between the many and various stakeholders of the Bonn “renewables2004”
conference and help to conserve the momentum of the conference, the global
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) was created in 2005. Members
of the REN21 network include governments, international organisations, non-governmental
organisations, and representatives of industry, the finance sector, and civil society
in the energy, environment and development sectors.
REN21 supports the governments of the IREC host countries in the organisation and running
of the conferences and thereby helps to preserve the spirit of the IREC conferences
and facilitate the integration of the network’s broad spectrum of stakeholders. REN21 also
manages the pledges made by the IREC conferences, which are presented in a publicly accessible
database on the REN21 website.
REN21 enjoys worldwide recognition through the publication of reports on renewable energy
topics, and especially the “Renewables Global Status Report” (GSR). The GSR has become a
standard reference in the field of reporting on the progress of worldwide expansion of renewable
energy sources and the propagation of funding policies. REN21 participates in the
online information platform REEGLE (jointly with REEEP), and on its own website it runs an
interactive world map on renewable energy, the Renewables Interactive Map.
Since its foundation, REN21 has become one of the leading institutions in the renewable
energy sector. As a network consisting of different groups of members, it is in a position to
exploit synergies between all participants.
The REN21 Secretariat is located in Paris and is provided jointly by the Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP).
For further information, see www.ren21.net.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
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