As the impacts of climate change intensify, building resilience through renewable energy is essential. Beyond reducing emissions, renewables play a critical role in climate adaptation, helping to stabilise energy systems and empower communities in vulnerable regions. However, climate finance has predominantly focused on mitigation, leaving adaptation efforts underfunded, especially where renewable energy investment is crucial to address pressing climate vulnerabilities.
COP29 presented a pivotal opportunity to scale up renewable energy investments, supporting both mitigation and adaptation strategies to strengthen resilience globally.
This is the first brief in our Resilience Series, published November 2024, focusing on the role of renewable energy in climate adaptation. The Renewables for Climate Resilience brief shows how renewables are often viewed solely as a clean energy solution for mitigation, yet they are equally vital for adaptation, enabling climate resilience. However, mitigation continues to take the lion’s share of climate finance for renewables.
This second brief in our Resilience Series, published December 2024, highlights the critical role of renewable energy in strengthening economic resilience. The Renewables for Economic Resilience Brief explores how renewables help economies adapt to and recover from disruptions, from financial crises to natural disasters, by driving job creation, energy security, and innovation. In a world of growing risks, renewable energy is key to ensuring economies flourish.